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Cat Lake Road Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Tuscola County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002742

MSHA record for Cat Lake Road Pit (mine ID 2002742). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Chuck Vaughan Sand & Gravel 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cat Lake Road Pit sits in Tuscola County, Michigan, 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.
Tuscola County, Michigan · Population 53,071
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,847
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 23, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chuck Vaughan Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE CAUGHT A WRENCH BETWEEN A BELT AND A PULLEY AND THE WRENCH SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND A PIECE OF IRON. HIS FINGER WAS ACTUALLY CAUGHT IN PULLEY OR BELT.

1987 · 1 incident