Mining Incidents

Rush Tower Mine & Mill (Marble Products: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Georgia Marble Company · Underground
Controlled by Imerys S A
Jefferson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300130

MSHA record for Rush Tower Mine & Mill (Marble Products (mine ID 2300130). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Georgia Marble Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Georgia Marble Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rush Tower Mine & Mill (Marble Products sits in Jefferson County, Missouri, 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.
Jefferson County, Missouri · Population 228,227
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,522
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

1987 · 1 incident

June 22, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Marble Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE DRILL DRIFT9R SLIPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEE'S HAND AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT THE DRILL FOR REPAIRS. LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE JOINT AREA.