Mining Incidents

Dug Hill Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Bittle Const Co · Surface
Controlled by Bittle Leonard C
Union County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101063

MSHA record for Dug Hill Sand Pit (mine ID 1101063). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Bittle Const Co 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dug Hill Sand Pit sits in Union County, Illinois, 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.
Union County, Illinois · Population 16,972
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,420
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.