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Decatur: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Macon County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101153

MSHA record for Decatur (mine ID 1101153). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Western Materials Div-Medusa Aggregates Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1982
  3. Vulcan Materials Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Decatur sits in Macon 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.
Macon County, Illinois · Population 102,591
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,449
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 9, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EM. WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLING APOWER CABLE ON A POLE, THE CABLE WAS BEING LIFTED BY A LOADER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE BUCKET AND CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE CABLE. LATER REALIZED IT WAS A FRACTURE.