Mining Incidents

DECATUR SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Macon County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102880

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–1997
Latest incident
Mar 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

March 3, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by powered moving object

UNIT #805, TRIALER T- 1159. WAS DUMPING LOAD OF FA-01, TRIALER BED FAILED TO COME DOWN TO DRIVEABLE POSITION. INJURED EMPLOYEE CRAWLED UNDER UNIT #805 NOT LETTING DRIVER KNOW THAT HE WAS GOI NG UNDER UNIT. INJURED EMPLOYEE STRUCK SPOOL. VALVE ON UNITE #805'S PTO PUMP. THIS CAUSED UNTI TO MOVE FORWARD AS BED CAME DOWN ROLLING OVER LEFT LEG.

1995 · 1 incident

August 28, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING A 10" PIPE WITH A HOIST. THE DOG ON THE HOIST DID NOT GO INTO THE NOTCH AND RELEASED THE LEVER WHICH SPUN AROUND AND HIT EE IN THE ARM AND WRIST. EE WAS PRESCRIBED WITH AN ARM S LING.

1994 · 1 incident

March 3, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Materials Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS REPAIRING THE CLASSIFER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN INSIDE HE STEPPED ON A PLASTIC NEOPRENE FLIGHT AND AS HE WAS WEARING RUBBER SAFETY BOOTS WHICH WERE WET, HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT CHEST AGAINST THE FLIGHT. X RAY OF RIBS WERE NEGATIVE. HE WAS PLACED ON LITE DUTY WORK FOR ONE DAY.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES IN AN AREA TO BE STRIPPED FOR DREDGING WHEN HIS FOOT BECAME TANGLED IN UNDERGROUND VINES AND WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE DID NOT NOTIFY SUPERVIOSR UN TIL 12-4-89.

September 6, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS DISASSEMBLING A RADIAL STACKER AS HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND PIN TO DRIVE THE PIN OUT OF THE STACKER A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND ENTERED BETWEEN FINGERS ON L HAND