Mining Incidents

LAKE PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102906

MSHA record for LAKE PIT (mine ID 1102906). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1991–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
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 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

October 25, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE YARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A HEAVY WIRE WHICH WENT THROUGH HIS BOOT INTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

June 3, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

PERFORMING DAILY RESPONSIBILITY AT WASH PLANT. SAW DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

1998 · 2 incidents

March 26, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTINGH TRACKING ON CONVEYOR BELT, HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER.

March 6, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOVELING THE TRACKS ON A "D8N" DOZER WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 24, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluff City Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS RASIED ON PALLET TO FILL HYDRAULICS WITH OIL. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT ELBOW.

May 5, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON THE CRANE -9570. LOOSENED BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED. HAND HIT CRANE.

1993 · 1 incident

January 13, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD WALKED OUT APPR 10-15' ON AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR & TRIED TO KICK MATERIAL FREE THAT WAS SLIDING ON FROSTED BELT. HE STEPPED THROUGH SNOW & MATERIAL. BELT DRUG RIGHT LEG UNDER STATIONARY MAGNET FOLLOWED BY MATERIAL BREAKING LEG.

1991 · 4 incidents

July 9, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WALKING BY POWERSCREEN, A LARGE BOULDER FELL FROM THE TOP OF POWERSCREEN AND HIT HIM IN LEFT SIDE OF FACE. COLLARBONE.

July 2, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluff City Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FOOT SLIPPED LOST BALANCE AND FELL.

July 2, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISAGGREEMENT OVER WORK RESPONSIBILITIES; OPERATOR PUNCHED GROUNDMAN.

March 30, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN A BOBCAT AND A PIECE OF PIPE.

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