Mining Incidents

RIDGE RD. PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Williams Milton
Aiken County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800633

MSHA record for RIDGE RD. PIT (mine ID 3800633). 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
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Williams Sand & Gravel 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

RIDGE RD. PIT sits in Aiken County, South 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.
Aiken County, South Carolina · Population 171,949
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,940
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

1990 · 1 incident

September 11, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Williams Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A LAB FURANCE AND SUFFERED A HERNIA THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24 1990.