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Acton Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Middlesex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900330

Acton Plant has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Lexington Sand & Gravel Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 1
1989 2
1988 4
1987 4
1986 4
1985 4
1984 4
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Acton Plant sits in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 1,622,896
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$126,779
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 28, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lexington Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BLOCK HEATER NOT WORKING. CRAWLED OVER GANTRY PIPE AND WAS SPRAYING ETHER UNDER AIR BREATHER AND FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.

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1983 · 1 incident

September 13, 1983 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lexington Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against stationary object

DISCONNECTING TRACTOR FROM TRAILER HAND SLIPPED AND BANGED HAND ON TRAILER