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Dale Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hugh Gallivan
Champaign County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101172

MSHA record for Dale Pit (mine ID 1101172). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Mid-America Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dale 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

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

August 7, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-America Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE PERSON WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENENCE ON CONVEYORS GREASING BEARINGS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE CONVEYOR WALK BOARD AND SLIPPED DUE TO MOIUSTURE ON THE BOARDS

1983 · 1 incident

May 10, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-America Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MAN AT HOPPER & LOADER OPERATORS ALSO SUN WAS IN OPERATORS EYES IEMAN ENTERING HOPPER GAVE PROPER SIGNAL TO TWO OPERATORS THAT HE WAS ENTERING H OPPER HOWEVER HE DIDNT WAIT FOR THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF SIGNAL SUN SHINING ON WINDSHIELD OF ONE OF THE LOADERS TEMPORARILY BLINDER OPERATOR & HE DID NOT SEE SIGNAL