Mining Incidents

Circleville Plant #216: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CSR Ltd
Pickaway County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301669

MSHA record for Circleville Plant #216 (mine ID 3301669). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Sturm & Dillard Company 1950 to 1987
  2. American Aggregates Corp 1987 to 1987
  3. American Aggregates Corp 1987 to 1989
  4. American Aggregates Corp 1989 to 1990
  5. American Aggregates Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Circleville Plant #216 sits in Pickaway County, Ohio, 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.
Pickaway County, Ohio · Population 59,407
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,927
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1993 · 1 incident

September 27, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING TRIP DOG ON DUMP RELEASE OF CAR ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AIR VALVE SO THEY COULD GET THE PIN IN PLACE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRIP DOG AND THE CAR FRAME-BRAKING MIDDLE FINGER NEAR KNUCKLE ON LEFT HAND.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GEAR CASE COVER FROM GEAR.CASE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S THUMB BETWEEN THE GEAR AND THE CASE MASHING THUMB AND BREAKING THUMB NAIL.

June 6, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE TRYED TO BURST A ROCK ON THE DUMP HOPPER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW AND HIT HIS LIP. 3 STITCHES REQUIRED.

1989 · 1 incident

July 26, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. ONE WAS PRYING MOTOR UP WITH A PRY BAR, ONE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING SHIMS UNDER MOTOR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE MOTOR FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES FINGER, MASHI NG THE NAIL OFF.

1988 · 1 incident

December 29, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

CAME BACK ACROSS BOOM AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE STEP IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED HIS LEFT LEG MUSCLE.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturm & Dillard Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING A BO5T ON DRAGLINE. LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER. CONTINED WORKING. DID NOT REPORT INJURY TILL 800 PM WAS AT HOME AND CALLED PRESIDENT I N AME AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS FINGER AT WORK AND IT WAS URT3AND HE WAS TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHILE WORKING IN AFTERNOON HE GREASE IN FINGER LEFT WORK AT REGULAR QUITTING TIME 430

May 28, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturm & Dillard Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING LIFT EN1INE HEAD FROM LIMA DRAGLINE.PINCHED THUMB ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ENGINE HEAD AND ROOF OF CAB.SMASHED RIGHT THUMB.TAKEN TO EMERG.RM FOR X-RAY OF THUMB-NOT BROKEN-ONLY BRUISED.ADV ISED TO KEEP TH6MB ON ICE PACK FOR REST OF DAY.EMPL RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR JOB NEXT MORNING.

February 12, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sturm & Dillard Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR3TO REMOVE A SHEAVE PULLEY FROM CALM SHELL BUCKET OF 22 B CRANE BAR SLIPPED AND LACERATION OF RING FINGER ON RT HAND OCCURRED TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM 2 STITCHES FINGER LACERATIO OCCURED EMP RET6RNED TO REGULAR WORK IMMEDIATEY AFTER TREATMENT

1984 · 2 incidents

June 30, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sturm & Dillard Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE RAILROAD TIES AND POSTS, WEIGHING APPROX 40 TO 70 POUNDS - SLIPPED AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST

June 12, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Sturm & Dillard Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATED - WAS BITTEN ON RIGHT HAND BY PURPLE BUG. WAS WORKING ON COMPANY PROPERTY