Mining Incidents

Essex Sand Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Whitcomb
Chittenden County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300368

MSHA record for Essex Sand Pit (mine ID 4300368). 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
1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Essex Sand Pit sits in Chittenden County, Vermont, 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.
Chittenden County, Vermont · Population 168,831
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,310
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

1989 · 1 incident

March 1, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP INTO TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR FRAME.