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Birmingham Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Standard Slag Company
Erie County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300044

MSHA record for Birmingham Quarry (mine ID 3300044). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Cleveland Quarries Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Birmingham Quarry sits in Erie County, Ohio, 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.
Erie County, Ohio · Population 74,938
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,431
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

July 14, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Cleveland Quarries Company · Struck by falling object

TWO COWORKERS AND MYSELF WERE USING A BREAKING HAMMER TO SEVER A BLOCK OF STONE FROM THE QUARRY BED AND THE VIBRATION FROM THE BREAKING HAMMER WE WERE USING CAUSED THE JACK HAMMER LAYING ON TH LEDGE ABOVE TO MOVE AND FALL OVER THE EDGE OF THE BLOCK ONTO MY FINGER