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MCSWAIN GRAVEL PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Hot Mix Asphalt Inc · Surface
Controlled by Michael A Bush
Forrest County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200665

MCSWAIN GRAVEL PIT has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Hot Mix Asphalt Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 6
1996 10
1995 7
1994 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

MCSWAIN GRAVEL PIT sits in Forrest County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Forrest County, Mississippi · Population 78,027
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,821
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

1994 · 1 incident

September 23, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hot Mix Asphalt Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING NEAR THE EDGE OF THE PIT DISCONNECTING A PIPE TO MAKE A REPAIR. HE WAS PULLED OVER THE EDGE OF THE PIT WHEN THE PIPE WAS CUT INTO HE DID NOT RELEASE THE PIPE AND APPARENTLY THE WEIGHT OF THE PIPE PULLED HIM OVER THE EDGE.