Mining Incidents

Arsenal Pit And Mill: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Immel Sylvia R
Ramsey County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100459

MSHA record for Arsenal Pit And Mill (mine ID 2100459). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Arsenal Pit And Mill sits in Ramsey County, Minnesota, 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.
Ramsey County, Minnesota · Population 544,438
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,004
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

August 2, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WRENCHED BACK WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER CONVEYOR

May 9, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS HSOVELING SAND NEAR THE SCALPER WHEN A LARGE ROC FLEW OUT STRIKING HIM IN T HE LEFT SHOULDER & LEFT HIP AREAS.

April 3, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME STEEL BLOCKING WHEN IT TIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT. (STEEL TOE SHOES REDUCED EXTENT OF INJURY.)

March 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON DOZER HE TURNED FROM HIS WORK AREA & NOT REALIZING HOW CLOSE HE WAS STANDING TO THE DOZER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER

1984 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

COMPANY TRUCK TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I35 W,WHEN TRUCK BOX STRUCK COUNTY RD H BRIDGE.IMPACT TORE BOX LOOSE FROM TRUCK AND SENT TRUCK ACROSS MEDIAN STRIKING SEMI-TRACTOR AND TRAILER.2 AUTOS CON SEQUENTLY STRUCK SEMI.

1983 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE THREW A STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL INTO A HOPPER AND WRENCHED HIS BACK

January 24, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THEDOOR SHUTSTRIKING HIS HAND