Mining Incidents

Pine Creek: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Mathews Granite Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mathews Eugene A
Oglethorpe County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901051

MSHA record for Pine Creek (mine ID 0901051). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Ownership history
  1. Pine Creek Quarries Inc 1990 to 1991
  2. Mathews Granite Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pine Creek sits in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Oglethorpe County, Georgia · Population 15,221
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,784
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

1991 · 1 incident

May 9, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mathews Granite Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME SLIPPED & FELL FROM FRONTEND LOADER