Mining Incidents

Milstead Pit And Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sharpe Andrew V
Macon County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100903

Milstead Pit And Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Sharpe Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 7
1984 11
1983 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Milstead Pit And Plant sits in Macon County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Macon County, Alabama · Population 18,951
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,951
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

1983 · 1 incident

November 4, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sharpe Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MADE AWKWARD STEP AND PULLED LIGAMENT WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS.