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Imel Pit & Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Richland Stone Inc · Surface
Venango County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606887

Imel Pit & Plant has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1985–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. Richland Stone Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 11
1987 19
1986 20
1985 23
1984 19
1983 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Imel Pit & Plant sits in Venango County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Venango County, Pennsylvania · Population 50,096
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,626
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 1 incident

March 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Richland Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING DRILL MUD WAS DEEP COULDNT MOVE FOOT OUT OF MUD

Show 4 earlier incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

February 3, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Richland Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER DRAGLINE WHEN HE SPRAINED BACK.

January 21, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richland Stone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING BEHIND 988 GETTING READY TO CHECK OIL IN THE 9,, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND FELL.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richland Stone Inc · Fall from machine

PUTTING OIL IN HYDRAULIC TANK, WENT TO THE SIDE BYTHE DOOR, WHEN EMPLOYEE OPENED THE DOOR HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF MACHINE.

May 1, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Richland Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLER WHICH WAS BEING USED TO REMOVE THE FLY WHEEL OFFOF THE SHAFT, SLIPPED AND INJURED EMPLOYEE ON BOTH LEGS BELOW THE KNEE.