Mining Incidents

Kennesaw Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Georgia Marble Company · Underground
Controlled by Imerys S A
Pickens County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901050

MSHA record for Kennesaw Mine (mine ID 0901050). 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
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Georgia Marble Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kennesaw Mine sits in Pickens County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pickens County, Georgia · Population 34,197
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$75,293
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

1991 · 1 incident

March 7, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING UP 2" AIR LINE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OVER HIS HEAD WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.