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Lobelia Sand & Gravel Pit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

G S Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ronnie G Kirkpatrick Jr
Moore County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102066

MSHA record for Lobelia Sand & Gravel Pit (mine ID 3102066). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1992–1995
Latest incident
Jun 1995
Ownership history
  1. La Belle Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1990 to 1992
  2. Ccc Sand & Gravel Inc 1992 to 1992
  3. G S Materials Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lobelia Sand & Gravel Pit sits in Moore County, North Carolina, 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.
Moore County, North Carolina · Population 102,840
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$82,837
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1995 · 1 incident

June 17, 1995 NC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G S Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A ROPE ON COMPRESSOR MOTOR ROPE BROKE IN HAND. EMPLOYEE'S HAND FLEW BACK AND HIT SIDE OF ELECTRIC MOTOR ON SERVICE TRUCK. HAND WAS CUT OPEN.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 28, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G S Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CARRYING PUMP TO DREDGE (WAS ON A SMALL BOAT). HE GRABBED THE SIDE OF THE DREDGE AND AS HE PICKED UP THE PUMP, THE BOAT STARTED MOVING AWAY FROM THE DREDGE. HE TRIED HOLDING ONTO THE DREDGE AND PUMP TO KEEP PUMP FROM GOING IN THE WATER, FELT HIS HIP SNAP WHEN THE LITTLE BOAT WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM. PUMP AND OPERATOR'S LEG (RIGHT) WENT IN WATER. RIGHT LEG IN WATER WITH

August 27, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G S Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CHANGING BEARING ON TOP OF STACKER. WHILE LIFTING GEAR BOX TO REPLACE BEARING, GEAR BOX SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THUMB AGAINST THE SHAFT.

1992 · 2 incidents

November 24, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G S Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR OF LOADER SLIPPED AND FELL ON TRACK WHILE REFUELING CAUSING CUT ON LOWER RIGHT LEG.

July 20, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ccc Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL FELL,STUMBLED OVER OWN FEET WHILE RETRIEVUBG FLOTATION BARRELS FOR DREDGE PUMPLINE ALONG SHORE OF DREGE POND.