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El Jay Plant #1: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

West Side Aggregates Inc · Surface
Livingston County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002744

MSHA record for El Jay Plant #1 (mine ID 2002744). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Associated Aggregates Inc 1986 to 1993
  2. West Side Aggregates Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

El Jay Plant #1 sits in Livingston County, Michigan, 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.
Livingston County, Michigan · Population 195,143
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$101,315
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

July 18, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Associated Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO BALANCE PLANT CRUSHER WHILE SUSPENDED WITH CRANE

July 8, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Associated Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING TORCH REP. HOPPER ON CRUSHING PLANT NO T WEARING GLOVES GOT FLAME TO CLOSE TO L HAND

May 30, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Associated Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME WAS USING TORCH TO CUT A BOLT. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UNDER GLASSES. SCRATCHED AND BURNED EYE.

April 27, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Associated Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND PLANT TO DO SHOVELING STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1987 · 1 incident

October 22, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associated Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON CRUSHING PLANT, WORKING IN A KNEELING POSITION, STOOD UP AND RIGHT KNEE POPPED.

1986 · 1 incident

June 2, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associated Aggregates Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACE S7REEN LIP AND CRUSHER HOPPER THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ONT OP OF ELECTRIC PANEL HE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT OVER ONTO A CHAIN HANDRAIL THE CHAIN PULLED LOOSE FROM WERE IT WAS SECRU TO THE PLANT D9OPPING THE SPRAIN TO THE CONVEYOR ABOUT 6 FT BELOW WHERE HE WAS STANDING HE WENT TO HIS OWN DR RIGHT ANKLE WAS FRACTURED.