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J E Bradford Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Levoyde Bradford
Clarke County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102751

MSHA record for J E Bradford Pit (mine ID 0102751). 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
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Bradford Sand & Gravel 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

J E Bradford Pit sits in Clarke County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clarke County, Alabama · Population 22,802
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,167
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

1989 · 1 incident

December 14, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bradford Sand & Gravel · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING EQUIPMENT OUT BEFORE STARTING UP OPERATION FOR THE DAY. EMPLOYEE HAD HO0D ON LOAADER, AS HE WALKED UPT TO IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB SIDE OF LOADER IN STEAD HE CAUGHT THE GAURD AROUND THE FAN BLADE.