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Blackford Gravel Company: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Blackford Raymond
Montgomery County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202043

MSHA record for Blackford Gravel Company (mine ID 1202043). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Blackford Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blackford Gravel Company sits in Montgomery County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Montgomery County, Indiana · Population 38,155
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,571
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1994 · 1 incident

August 24, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackford Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR AFTER IT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT. PULLING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR & A ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON HAND [ROCK 5 TO 6"] HE JERKED HAND & PULLED A MUSCLE IN SHOUL DER. MACHINE WAS NOT RUNNING. HAD NOT BEEN STARTED THIS DAY.

1993 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Blackford Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

HOOD WAS OPEN ON SERVICE TRUCK WHEN BATTERY BLEW UP. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING TO SIDE OF TRUCK.

August 4, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackford Gravel Company · Fall from ladders

HE SAID HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF END LOADER AND SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

February 9, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blackford Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHOVELING AROUND CONVEYOR.END OF SHOVEL WAS BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY TO BELT.THIS FLIPPED SHOVEL-56"LONG.RIGHT HAND WAS ON END OF SHOVEL HANDLE CAUSING IT TO HIT NEARBY CONVEYOR CAUSING INJURY TO L ITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.REQ 14 STITCHES.EMPL WAS PLANNING ON RETRW FOLLOWING MONDAY BUT DR FEARED INFECTION & GAVE HIM 1 WEEK.