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MCLEMORE PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jordan James M
Montgomery County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102646

MCLEMORE PIT has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. J M Jordan Mining Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 0
1995 4
1994 13
1993 14
1992 11
1991 9
1990 10
1989 9
1988 10
1987 8
1986 7
1985 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

MCLEMORE PIT sits in Montgomery County, Alabama, 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.
Montgomery County, Alabama · Population 227,197
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 20, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
J M Jordan Mining Company · Drowning

THE VICTIM DROW3ED AFTER RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL INTO THE WATER STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A BLUNT OBJECT AS HE FELL. HE WAS ATEMPTING TO ALIGN THE ENDS OF A METAL D DISCHARGE PIPR 3EAR DREDGE. A BARE SECTION IN THE POWER CONDUCTOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE METAL STRUCTURE OF THE PONTOON THEREBY CAUSING ONE END OF THE PIPE TO BE ENERGIZED AT APPROX 290 VO