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Piedmont Quarry & Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by A F G Industries Inc
Scott County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405170

Piedmont Quarry & Mill has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Piedmont Mining Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 11
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Piedmont Quarry & Mill sits in Scott County, Virginia, 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.
Scott County, Virginia · Population 21,504
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$45,136
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

September 12, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Piedmont Mining Company · Contact with electrical current

CLEANING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM UNDER BAGGING MACHINE CONVEYOR - TOUCHING BAGGING MACHINE & CONVEYOR AT SAME TIME CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK

1983 · 1 incident

December 15, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Piedmont Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPPORT GAVE WAY BENEATH FOOT WHILE INSPECTING HOPPER CAUSING LEG TO BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO SUPPORT MEMBERS RESULTING IN A PULLED MUSCLE