Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Drowning
UNKNOWN WE DO NOT KNOW WAHT HE WAS DOING OR WHY HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFEJACKET THREE COMAPNY LIFE JACKETS WERE FOUND IN HIS TRUNK
Eureka Sand & Gravel: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Kienstra Theodore
St Louis County,
MO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300687
MSHA record for Eureka Sand & Gravel (mine ID 2300687). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Dec 1985
Ownership history
- Eureka Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Eureka Sand & Gravel sits in St. Louis County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.St. Louis County, Missouri · Population 996,618
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,340
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)1985 · 3 incidents
December 6, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects
REMOVING NUT WR9NCH SLIPPED AND HE FELL FORWARD STRIKING NOSE ON A BEAM .SENT TO CLINIC-5 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.
September 20, 1985
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
FIRE
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
A BURN ON HIS RT LEG AS THE RESULT OF HIS PANT LEGS CATCHING ON FIRE HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WITH HIS CUFFS ROLLED UP ON HIS PANTS. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG LANDED IN HIS RT PANTS LEG CUFF & CAUSE HIS PANTS TO IGNITE.
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM AT THE SHOULDER WHILE INSTALLING A V BELT ON THE SIMPLICITY SHAKER SCREEN WENT TO THE HOPSITAL BECAUSE HE THOUGH HE WAS HAVING HEART ATTACK. KEPT IN THE HOSPT IAL FOR TESTS OF HIS HEART HE DID NOT COMPLAIN OF ANY INJURY WHEN HE FINISHED THE DAY INJURY REPORTED THE NEXT DAY.
1984 · 1 incident
August 16, 1984
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HOISTING SCREENS TO T OP OF PLANT. LOAD SHIFTED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN SCREENS AND PLANT.
1983 · 1 incident
Eureka Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object
TRYING TO PULL CABLE OUT FROM UNDER LOG.WHEN IT CAME LOOSE,END FLEW UP HITTING EMPL IN NOSE.