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Woolfolk Clay Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R H Bickerstaff
Muscogee County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900345

Woolfolk Clay Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 3
1991 3
1990 3
1989 8
1988 7
1987 5
1986 3
1985 6
1984 6
1983 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Woolfolk Clay Mine sits in Muscogee County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Muscogee County, Georgia · Population 204,383
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,622
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

1987 · 1 incident

September 30, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PA8SING AUGERS TO MAINTENANCE PERSONEL WHEN EMPLOYEE BUMPED ONE OFF SUPPORTING RAIL APPROX. 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND AUGER FELL ON EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.