Mining Incidents

Engineering Aggregates Corp-Plant #4: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cass County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201645

MSHA record for Engineering Aggregates Corp-Plant #4 (mine ID 1201645). 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
1983–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Engineering Aggregates Corp 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Engineering Aggregates Corp-Plant #4 sits in Cass County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Cass County, Indiana · Population 37,703
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,525
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

1992 · 1 incident

October 28, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Engineering Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS STEPPING OFF THE REAR OF A 980C LOADER, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

1983 · 1 incident

March 10, 1983 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Engineering Aggregates Corp · Fall from ladders

MR FOERMAN WAS USING A TOP SECTION OF AN EXTENSION LADDER (NOR RUNG WHERE THE HOOKS HOLD THE TOP SECTION OVER THE LOWER SECTION) TO GET UP AND DOWN FROM THE PREPARATION PLANT HE WAS WORKING ON . AS HE DESCENDED THE LADDER HE STEPPED THROUGH THE HOOK AREA AND FELL ABOUT 2\ TO THE GROUND FALLING ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ELBOW.