Mining Incidents

Kings Creek Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by L G Wilson Jr
Cherokee County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800099

MSHA record for Kings Creek Mine (mine ID 3800099). 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
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Industrial Minerals Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kings Creek Mine sits in Cherokee County, South Carolina, 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.
Cherokee County, South Carolina · Population 56,299
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,047
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 13, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Industrial Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND SAW JUMPED OUT CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH