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Quarry #3: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rex Greer
Hancock County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003002

MSHA record for Quarry #3 (mine ID 4003002). 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
1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Elmo Greer & Sons Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Quarry #3 sits in Hancock County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Hancock County, Tennessee · Population 6,790
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$31,995
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

1989 · 1 incident

March 14, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elmo Greer & Sons Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ROCKS WERE LODGED IN JAW CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE TRYING TO UNLODGE THEM. REMOVED A SMALL ROCK & LARGE ROCK ROLLED OVER ONTO RIGHT HAND CRUSHING & BREAKING IT.