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South Carolina Shop: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Spartanburg County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800379

MSHA record for South Carolina Shop (mine ID 3800379). 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
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Materials Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

South Carolina Shop sits in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 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.
Spartanburg County, South Carolina · Population 338,096
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,195
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

July 5, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP HAD JUST FINISHED STEAMING A 988 CAT DIFFERENTIAL THAT WAS SITTING ON A DOLLY HE STARTED PULLING THE DOLLY FROM CLEANING ROOM TO WORK AREA WHEN WHEEL OF DOLLY HIT A 3 INCH BOLT LYING ON F FLOOR IT CAME TO SUDDEN STOP AND DOLLY FLIPPED OVER AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES FOOT BETWEEN DOLLYS HANDBAR AND THE FLOOR