Mining Incidents

El-Jay Plant #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Berrien County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001041

MSHA record for El-Jay Plant #1 (mine ID 2001041). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Yerington Construction Company 1950 to 1983
  2. Yerington Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

El-Jay Plant #1 sits in Berrien County, Michigan, 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.
Berrien County, Michigan · Population 153,411
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,152
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

1987 · 1 incident

July 9, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Yerington Construction Company · Fall from ladders

CLIMBING DOWN L5DDER THAT WAS ON GRAVEL PLANT FELL OFF LADDER LANDED ON ROCK FRACTURED LEFT 6TH RIB.