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Southern Clay Plant & Pits: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by English China Clays PLC
Anderson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102594

Southern Clay Plant & Pits 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
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Southern Clay Products Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 5
1986 5
1985 5
1984 7
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Southern Clay Plant & Pits sits in Anderson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Anderson County, Texas · Population 57,825
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,846
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

October 3, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOWN OFF A STOCKPILE WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE CLUMP OF CLAY WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE LOADER TO FLIP TO THE LEFT OVER A 10 FT. EMBANKMENT. THE OPER ATOR JUMPED OFF TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE LOADER TURNED OVER.