Mining Incidents

GRENADA PIT AND PLANT: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Yalobusha County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200107

MSHA record for GRENADA PIT AND PLANT (mine ID 2200107). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–1997
Latest incident
Oct 1997
Ownership history
  1. Grenada Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1982
  2. Memphis Stone & Gravel Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

GRENADA PIT AND PLANT sits in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Yalobusha County, Mississippi · Population 12,439
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$49,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS OPENING DOOR ON CRUSHER TO CHECK CONVEYOR. DOOR SLIPPE OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND & FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND. RECEIVED 11 STITCHES AT KNUCKLE OF LEFT HAND, RING FINGER.

September 18, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT SOFT SPOT CAUSING LOADER TO DIP. HIT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON SHIFT LEVERS AND STEERING WHEEL.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE STEAM CLEANING A MACHINE, EE JUMPED FROM MACHINE WITH THE STEAM CLEANER IN HAND AND NOZZEL STUCK IN HIS BOOT.

August 23, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

ROCKS FELL FROM WASHER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HEAD, BACK AND NECK.

1995 · 1 incident

November 2, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SCREEN AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND. RECEIVED 4 STITCHES.

1994 · 1 incident

July 12, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOULDER BUMPED STARTER BUTTON ON GENERATOR WHILE WORKING ON FAN GUARD.

1993 · 1 incident

September 14, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING OFF CRUSHER LINER FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN LINER AND POST.

1992 · 1 incident

July 23, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

HIT THE BACK OF HIS NECK ON BRACE OF HOPPER.

1990 · 1 incident

May 27, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE BEING USED TO UNLOCK CRUSHER BROILE AND THE RECOIL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN CHEST AND RIGHT FOREARM.