Mining Incidents

Shady Grove Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Crabtree Sammy T
Nevada County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301717

MSHA record for Shady Grove Pit (mine ID 0301717). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. Perritt & Vickers Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Shady Grove Pit sits in Nevada County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Nevada County, Arkansas · Population 8,228
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$41,761
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 2, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Perritt & Vickers Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS GEETING DOWN FROM HIS LOADER AND LANDED ON A VERY SHARP ROCK.

1991 · 1 incident

June 18, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Perritt & Vickers Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM LUNCH AND STARTED BACK PICKING UP CLAY HALLS FROM GRAVEL PILE. HE HUST COLLASPED AS IF IN A FAINT. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK AND SKINNED IT A LITTLE. DOCTOR RUL ED IT HEAT EXHAUSTION.