Mining Incidents

Ac Cone Crusher #185: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Noble County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201942

MSHA record for Ac Cone Crusher #185 (mine ID 1201942). 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
1986–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Old Indian Materials Corp 1984 to 1985
  2. State Line Sand & Gravel Inc 1985 to 1988
  3. State Line Sand & Gravel Inc 1988 to 1991
  4. Vulcan Materials Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ac Cone Crusher #185 sits in Noble County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Noble County, Indiana · Population 47,417
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,908
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

June 22, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Vulcan Materials Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY 3 "B" READERS USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS. WITH TWO SCORES OF 1/1 AND ONE OF 2 /1.

1991 · 1 incident

May 15, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DESCENDING LOADER LADDER EMPL STEPPED OFF OF LADDER & ONTO ROCK WHICH RESULTED IN SPRAIN TO LEFT ANKLE. EMPL WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 2 DAYS.

1986 · 1 incident

March 4, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Line Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS GETTING3A ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER IT CAME OUT AND HIT EMP IN THE FACE AND THEN ROCK HIT HIS THUMB HE CLIMBED OFF THE CRUSHER AND THEN FEL TO THE GROUND WHEN GOT DOWN AND HIT ELBOW ON GENERATOR 3