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Johnston Sand Plant: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Johnston County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101942

MSHA record for Johnston Sand Plant (mine ID 3101942). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Jo Co S & G Inc 1982 to 1988
  2. Florida Rock Industries Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Johnston Sand Plant sits in Johnston County, North Carolina, 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.
Johnston County, North Carolina · Population 226,623
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,838
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

October 30, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand ELECTRICAL
Jo Co S & G Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO JUMP START A CASE W-36 LOADER WITH A CASE 1150C DOZER, DOZER, UNAWARE THAT THE STARTER GROUND ON THE W-36 HAD COME OFF PREVENTING THE LOADER FROM CRANKING. ALL JUMPER CABLES WERE CON3ECTED AND STILL THE LOADER WOULD NOT START. HE THEN WENT TO ASSURE THAT THE CABLES CONNECTED TO THE DOZER WERE MAKING CONTACT. HE MOVED THE C ABLES ON THE POSTS AND THE BATTE

October 28, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jo Co S & G Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I N AME WAS ATT9MPTING TO LOOSEN AN OIL FILTER FROM A CASE W-36 F.E. LOADER HE WAS LEANING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT STRETCHING TO REACH THE FILTER AND THEN PULLING ON THE WRENCH TO LOOSEN T HE FILTER WHEN 2E FELT A SHARP APIN IN HIS RIBS DIRECTLY BELOW HIS RIGHT ARMPIT. HE SUFFERED FROM A PULLED MUSCLE.

February 21, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jo Co S & G Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO CUT OPEN A FIVE GALLON PLASTIC BARREL WITH A LARGE POCKET KNIFE. WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON THE KNIFE HIS HAND SLIPPED DOWN THE KNIFE LACERATING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. IT APPEARED TO NE9D TWO TO FOUR SUTURES.

1985 · 3 incidents

December 30, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jo Co S & G Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS WORK3NG IN THE BELLY OF THE DREDGE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND WAS NOT WEARING EAR PROTECTION. THIS RESULTED IN A RINGING IN HIS LEFT EAR AFTER HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE DREDGE.

September 18, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Jo Co S & G Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WAS ASSISTING A WELDER WHO WAS WELDINGON THE PUMP BOX AT THE TOP OF THE PLANT I.NAME WAS NOT WEARING A WELDING SHIELD AND THE FLASHES FROM THE ARC WELDER BURNED HIS EYES

July 9, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jo Co S & G Inc · Fall from ladders

I,NAME WAS ON A TWELVE FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENTION LADDER LEANED AGAINST A CONCRETE MIXER DRUM WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO THLADDER CAUSING IT TO SLIP OFF THE MIXER DRUM WITH I,NAME ON TOP OF THE LADDER. I,NAME FELL APPROX. TEN FEET TO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS FEET WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT FOOT.

1984 · 1 incident

May 24, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jo Co S & G Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME STANDING ON POND SHORE ABOUT TO BOARD WORK BARGE. I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO BOARD WORK BARGE-1-1 1/2\ FROM SHORE SECURED BY LINE ATTACHED TO SHORE,FOOT SLIPPED FROM BARGE AND HE FELL INTO WAT ER HITTING RIGHT SHIN ON EDGE OF BARGE.

1983 · 1 incident

September 30, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jo Co S & G Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MR HUGHES TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE LIFTING A CEMENT HOPPER OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET