Mining Incidents

HASSETT: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Young Bobby R & Bill R
Yancey County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102008

MSHA record for HASSETT (mine ID 3102008). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Ownership history
  1. Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

HASSETT sits in Yancey County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Yancey County, North Carolina · Population 18,676
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$54,961
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

August 26, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A GEAR PULLER SLIPPED OFF OF GEAR, AND ONE THE ARMS STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT HAND.

August 4, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

EE STRUCK A BUCKET TOOTH PIN WITH A HAMMER, THE PIN EJECTED STRIKING EE IN THE FOREHEAD.

1996 · 1 incident

August 8, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER ON THE LOADER HE STEPPED ON A BRACE FOR THE STEP AND NOT THE STEP. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

November 15, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL STANDING ON A LOG.DOZER OPERATOR LOWERED BLADE STRIKING LOG AND CAUSING EMPL TO FALL AND STRIKE HIP ON LOG.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCKS BEING DUMPED INTO FEEDER FOR CRUSHER.ROCK CHIP FLEW INTO EMPL EYE.

April 22, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Toe River Stone & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE S FOOT SLIPPED CLIMBING OUT OF THE FEEDER BIN.