Mining Incidents

Robbins Open Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Moore County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100686

MSHA record for Robbins Open Pit (mine ID 3100686). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Standard Mineral Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Robbins Open Pit sits in Moore 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.
Moore County, North Carolina · Population 102,840
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$82,837
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

1983 · 1 incident

August 18, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Mineral Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AN IDLER ROLLER USED TO S UPPORT THE TRACK ON A BULLDOZER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.