Mining Incidents

PONTIAC PORTABLE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Livingston County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100166

MSHA record for PONTIAC PORTABLE PLANT (mine ID 1100166). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1997
Latest incident
Jan 1997
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1997 · 1 incident

January 10, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO FREE MATERIAL FROM THE HAMMERMILL. WHEN THE BAR UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE THROUGH, HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK AGAINST THE MILL DOOR WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEF T PALM REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 9, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING TO CONTROL SHED TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANT WHEN LE G HIT CORNER OF MACHINE 9 SUTURES

May 23, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE TIRE ON A RADIAL STACKER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 4, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Vulcan Materials Company · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ENDLOADER IN QUARRY & WAS OVER COME BY THE HEAT

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