Mining Incidents

Graniteville Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

J M Huber Corp · Surface
Aiken County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800156

MSHA record for Graniteville Mine (mine ID 3800156). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. J M Huber Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Graniteville Mine sits in Aiken County, South Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Aiken County, South Carolina · Population 171,949
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,940
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 10, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
J M Huber Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMALL LOOSE LUMPS OF CLAY STRUCK HARD HAT & BACK OF EE WHEN HE LEANED OUT OF CAB OF CLAY HAUL TRUCK TO FASTEN THE LATCH FOR TAILGATE.