Mining Incidents

Saline County Mines: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Saline County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300262

Saline County Mines has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Reynolds Metals Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 6
1987 6
1986 4
1985 8
1984 13
1983 35
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Saline County Mines sits in Saline County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Saline County, Arkansas · Population 125,724
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,534
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

January 21, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Reynolds Metals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BAND SAW WHEN HIS RT INDEX FINGER WAS STRUCK BY SAW BLADE