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Tri County Stone Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert L James III
Logan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1500102

Tri County Stone Company 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
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Tri-County Stone Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 6
1984 25
1983 28
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Tri County Stone Company sits in Logan County, Kentucky, 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.
Logan County, Kentucky · Population 27,731
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,535
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

March 14, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tri-County Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE WELDING SHOP. HE STARTED TO CUT OPEN A BOX OF BOLTS WITH HIS POCKETKNIFE. HE APPLIED SOMUCH PRESSURE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO CUT THE BOX THAT HIS KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE BOX AND CUT THE PALM OFHIS LEFT HAND.