Mining Incidents

Malone Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Shelby County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001456

MSHA record for Malone Pit (mine ID 4001456). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. W S Jordan & Sons Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Malone Pit sits in Shelby County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Shelby County, Tennessee · Population 922,195
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,337
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

October 8, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W S Jordan & Sons Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SERVICING3RUBBER TIRED LOADER SOME DIRT OR TRASH GOT INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

July 27, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W S Jordan & Sons Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS US3NG A SHOVEL TO CLEAN GRAVEL FROM INSIDE OF HIS DRAG BUCKET AND WHILE DOING SO HE HIT HIS HAND ON SIDE OF THE BUCKET CAUSING A CUT ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND

1986 · 1 incident

March 4, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W S Jordan & Sons Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING O3 DRAG LINE EMPLOYEE PULLED AND MUSCLE IN THE LEFT CLINT AREA.