Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from machine
SLIPPED ON CAT WALK ON DRAGLINE AND STRUCK HIS BACK
Whitaker Pit & Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Boorhem-Fields Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
William Boorhem
Poinsett County,
AR
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301231
MSHA record for Whitaker Pit & Plant (mine ID 0301231). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
Ownership history
- Boorhem-Fields Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Whitaker Pit & Plant sits in Poinsett County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Poinsett County, Arkansas · Population 22,740
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$47,188
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1988 · 2 incidents
May 16, 1988
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BLOCK UP PORTABLE PLANT JACK WAS SITTING ON CROSS TIE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE BLOCKING CROSS TIE JACK WAS ON FELL APART ALLOWING PLANT TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS