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Watkinsville Dredge: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barnett Max F
Oconee County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901021

Watkinsville Dredge has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Georgia Sand & Dredging Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 3
1988 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Watkinsville Dredge sits in Oconee County, Georgia, 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.
Oconee County, Georgia · Population 42,788
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$115,925
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

1988 · 1 incident

June 10, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Georgia Sand & Dredging Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEG "GAVE AWAY" AS HE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER. HE STUMBLED AND FELL. HE WAS X-RAYED AND WAS SHOWN TO HAVE SOME COMPRESSION FRACTURE ABOUT T10, ADDITIONAL WEDGING OF T 8, PERHAPS SOME AT T7.