Mining Incidents

Macon Quarters Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by St John James Ray
Calhoun County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102655

MSHA record for Macon Quarters Pit (mine ID 0102655). 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
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. St John Sand & Gravel Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Macon Quarters Pit sits in Calhoun County, Alabama, 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.
Calhoun County, Alabama · Population 116,141
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,826
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

1986 · 1 incident

August 26, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
St John Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING WHEN DRUM EXPLODED EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHEN ECECTROD FIRST TOUCH ED DRUM.