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Van Road Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface
Shelby County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002501

MSHA record for Van Road Pit (mine ID 4002501). 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
1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. J A Hadley Construction Company Inc 1979 to 1979
  2. Rogers Group Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Van Road Pit sits in Shelby County, Tennessee, 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.
Shelby County, Tennessee · Population 922,195
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,337
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

1984 · 1 incident

December 3, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LOADER BUCKET USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS ON LEGS WHICH WERE SUPPORTING THE PUG MILL. WHEN LAST BOLT WAS CUT FROM THE LEGS ON THE PUGMILL, IT MOVED SUDDENLY D UE TO THE PRESSURE BEING RELEASED EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE PUGMILL WAS MOVING AROUND TO STRIKE HIM, SO HE JUMPED FROM THE LOADER BUCKET ONTO THE GROUND STRIKING A CROSSTIE THAT HAD BEEN SUPPORTIN