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Columbia Dredge: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Con-Agg Llc
Boone County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300683

Columbia Dredge has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Missouri River Sand Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 3
1994 4
1993 6
1992 6
1991 8
1990 7
1989 8
1988 1
1987 1
1986 1
1985 1
1984 1
1983 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Columbia Dredge sits in Boone County, Missouri, 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.
Boone County, Missouri · Population 185,874
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,913
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

1993 · 1 incident

May 14, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Missouri River Sand Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROPE THAT WAS USED FOR TYING THE TUG TO THE RIVER BANK DURING FLOODING WAS TIED ON THE TUGS FRONT TIMBER HEAD. WHILE MOVING A LADDER FROM A BARGE TO THE TUG, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE RO PE, THE ROPE TWISTED OR ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri River Sand Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CABLE WHILE WORKING ON CRANE BACK WENT OUT.

May 15, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Missouri River Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON MODEL 6 CRANE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND CAUSED HIS HAND TO HIT A GEAR AS A RESULT THE GEAR CUT HIS FINGER BROKE HIS FINGERNAIL AND POSSIBLY CHIPPED THE BON E PER DR I NAME WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAINKILLERS

1986 · 1 incident

March 19, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Missouri River Sand Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS USIN1 A PIPE WRENCH WHILE WORKING ON T HE COLUMBIA DREDGE WHEN PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & LANDED ON H IS FOOT.