Mining Incidents

Richmond County Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vickers C L
Richmond County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102017

MSHA record for Richmond County Mine (mine ID 3102017). 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
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. C L Vickers Transfer Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Richmond County Mine sits in Richmond County, North Carolina, 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.
Richmond County, North Carolina · Population 42,818
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$43,626
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

1988 · 1 incident

February 5, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C L Vickers Transfer Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

IT HAD RAINED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND THE GROUND WAS WET AND SLICK.