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Wilburn: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

W M Bledsoe Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bledsoe James A
Macon County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900342

Wilburn has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. American Cyanamid Company 1950 to 1988
  2. W M Bledsoe Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 14
1989 10
1988 12
1987 9
1986 10
1985 9
1984 9
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wilburn sits in Macon County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Macon County, Georgia · Population 11,953
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$37,177
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

1985 · 1 incident

October 7, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
American Cyanamid Company · Struck by flying object

DRILL OPERATOR WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH A CORE DRILL. THREADS STRIPPED ONFITTING OF HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. SAFETY CHAIN BROKE. FITTING HIT OPERATOR ON HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. OPERATOR WAS WEARING HARD HAT.