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Mine No 6 (Whitestone Div): 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Georgia Marble Company · Underground
Controlled by Imerys S A
Pickens County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900031

Mine No 6 (Whitestone Div) has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Georgia Marble Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Georgia Marble Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 10
1986 13
1985 16
1984 19
1983 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 6 (Whitestone Div) sits in Pickens County, Georgia, 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.
Pickens County, Georgia · Population 34,197
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$75,293
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AB2UT TO LET THE HOOD DOWN ON FORK LIFT WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS HOLDING THE HOOD UP SLIPPED LETTING THE HOOD FALL DOWN ON EMPLOYEES RT HAND AS HE WAS REMOVING THE LATCH

April 23, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia Marble Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A STEEL BART TO PRY A LARGE ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER WHEN ROCK SUDDENLY ROLLED ON THE BAR PUSHING EMPLOYEES HAND AGAINST CRUSHER BOX LACERATION & BRUISES TO BACK OF LEFT HAND

1985 · 1 incident

September 9, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING LOADING CHUTE WITH A CRANK TYPE HANDLE WHEN HAND CHIPPED OFF CRANK CAUSING HANDLE TO SPIN HANDLE HIT FOREFINGER ON RT HAND

1984 · 1 incident

February 7, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM FRONT-END LOADER AND FELT PAIN OR A CATCH IN BACK.