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Henry County Mines: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Henry County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102122

Henry County Mines has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Mullite Company Of America 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 4
1993 2
1992 4
1991 4
1990 3
1989 2
1988 1
1987 2
1986 2
1985 2
1984 5
1983 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Henry County Mines sits in Henry County, Alabama, 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.
Henry County, Alabama · Population 17,450
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,135
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

1992 · 1 incident

June 1, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mullite Company Of America · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TAILGATE OF PICKUP TRUCK TO CLIMB UP ON MACHINE (SCRAPER). TAILGATE WAS WET WITH HYDRAULIC OIL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP. HE FELL ON TAILGATE AND THEN TO THE GROUND. TAILGATE CUT LEFT LEG APPROX. 6 INCHES AROUND THE SHIN.