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Triangle Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hartness T Scott
Edgecombe County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101498

Triangle Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Triangle Sand Quarry Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Triangle Sand Products Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 5
1990 5
1989 4
1988 4
1987 3
1986 3
1985 3
1984 3
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Triangle Mine sits in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Population 48,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$48,480
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 17, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLIMBING UP INTO THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK AND DROPPED BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND. HE SHUT OFF THE EXCAVATOR AND QUIT WORK FOR THE DAY. HIS BACK CONTINUED T O BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING EVENING.

June 22, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triangle Sand Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

PULLING BARGE UP TO BANK WHEN LINE BROKE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE,FALLING BACKWARDS.TURNED TO RIGHT TRYING TO BREAK FALL WITH RIGHT HAND AND STRUCK HAND ON CORNER OF GAS TANK.

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1989 · 1 incident

January 23, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Sand Products Inc · Struck by flying object

THE OPERATOR WAS WASHING SAND OUT OF A HOPPER WITH A WATER HOSE HE SAID WATER SPLASHED UP IN HIS FACE AND GOT SAND IN HIS EYE CONTINUED TO BE IRRITATED HE HAD SAND GRAINS REMOVED BY A DR AND R ECEIVED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS NO TIME LOST