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COUNTY LINE PIT: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ribbe Dan
Champaign County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102406

MSHA record for COUNTY LINE PIT (mine ID 1102406). 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
1988–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Adkins Gravel 1950 to 1985
  2. County Line Sand & Gravel Inc 1985 to 1989
  3. Builders Sand Of Illinois Inc 1989 to 1993
  4. R & W Gravel Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

COUNTY LINE PIT sits in Champaign County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Champaign County, Illinois · Population 206,098
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,091
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

June 7, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
R & W Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE FUSING PLASTIC PIPE FOR DREDGE. AS THE FACER WAS LOWERED, IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH PIPE AND WAS THRUST UPWARD. HIS SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN FACER HANDLE AND ANGLE IT LATCHED ONTO. THIS RESULTED IN LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF SMALL FINGER ON LAST KNUCKLE.

1990 · 1 incident

July 31, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Builders Sand Of Illinois Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SPRAY BARS AND ACCIDENTLY PUT HAND UNDER TORCH.

1988 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
County Line Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PUTTING A FRAME OVER ONTO DREGE, PULLING WITH A COME A-LONG TOOL. TOOL SLIPPED OFF FRAME AND HIT EMPLOYEES ANKLE.

April 1, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Line Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CREW WAS INSTALLING A CONVEYOR AT SAND PROCESSING PLANT. EMPLOYEE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN FRAME OF CONVEYOR AND EAGLE SAND PLANT.