Mining Incidents

Harmony Mine & Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Asheville Bumcombe Sand Company · Surface
Controlled by Danny L Rice
Buncombe County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100403

MSHA record for Harmony Mine & Mill (mine ID 3100403). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Asheville Sand Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Asheville Bumcombe Sand Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harmony Mine & Mill sits in Buncombe County, North Carolina, 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.
Buncombe County, North Carolina · Population 271,790
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,578
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

1987 · 1 incident

July 17, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Asheville Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLEY IN CEMEN7 BROKE LOOSE WHICH HELD BARGE IN PLACE