Mining Incidents

POLKVILLE MINE: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Betco Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thomas Bob
Smith County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200649

MSHA record for POLKVILLE MINE (mine ID 2200649). 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
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Betco Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POLKVILLE MINE sits in Smith County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Smith County, Mississippi · Population 14,193
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$51,396
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,467 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

December 20, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HANGING AND WORKING IN AN ENGINE WELL ON A TORQUE CONVERTER IN A H.D. #16 FIAT ALLIS BULL DOZER. WORKING IN A VERY CONFINED AREA IN AN AKWARD POSITION.