Mining Incidents

Graves Mountain Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Pasco Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pasco E E
Lincoln County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900219

MSHA record for Graves Mountain Plant (mine ID 0900219). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Aluminum Silicates Company 1950 to 1984
  2. Pasco Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Graves Mountain Plant sits in Lincoln County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lincoln County, Georgia · Population 7,773
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,688
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

November 12, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Pasco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME SAW DIRT3ON TAIL PULLY OF DRYER HOPPER.HE DECIDED TO CLEAN IT OFF WITH BELT RUNNING.HE HAD ON RAINCOAT WHEN HE PUT HIS ARM INTO CATCH DIRT,HE WAS WATCHING HAND BUT NOT SLEEVE OF COAT.TH E BELT PULLED I3 SLEEVE AND THEN HIS ARM.

September 16, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pasco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS HELPING FROM MILL BY HAND, THEY WERE TURNING THE DRIVE BY HAND WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE FELL HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE MOTOR SLEEVE.

May 29, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pasco Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE, I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE RE-HAUL CABLE ON 80-D WHEN TRYING TO INSERT CABLE INTO WEDGE SOCKET HE LETT THE END OF THE CABLE SLIP AND HIT HIS EYE BROW.

1984 · 1 incident

September 11, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Aluminum Silicates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRILLING EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING STEEL AND A SMALL PIECE OF DRILL STEEL BROKE OFF AND CUT ARM-MINOR CUT TO LEFT ARM