Mining Incidents

VALSTAD QUARRY #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Valstad Quarry Inc · Surface
Controlled by Harold M Valstad
Greene County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100220

MSHA record for VALSTAD QUARRY #1 (mine ID 1100220). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
8
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 8 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 814 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 18, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valstad Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD NOT STARTED WORK YET. EE GET OUT OF HIS CAR AND SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE WHILE WALKING TO THE SCALE HOUSE EE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON THE BACK OF HIS CAR WITH HIS ARMS IN FRONT OF HIM AND FELL ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK..

1992 · 1 incident

September 11, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valstad Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WAS FINISHING MAINTENANCE WORK TO THE JAW CRUSHER AND PICKING UP TOOLS. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CRUSHER PLATFORM AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE APPROX. 30 FT. BELOW ON THE GROUND. EMPLO YEE ON THE CRUSHER PLATFORM DROPPED A SLEDGE HAMMER TO THE GROUND WITHOUT LOOKING AND IT LANDED ON ANOTHER EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT WHO WAS STANDING BELOW HIM.

1989 · 1 incident

November 14, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valstad Quarry Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING WRENCH TO TAKE THE FORNT SPRINGS OFF TRUCK. PULLED LIGAMENTS IN R ARM,APPLIED PRESSURE TO WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS EMP HAND ALSO SLIPED OFF THE WRENCH CAUSING WRENCH TO FALL HIT R ELBOW.

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