Mining Incidents

Fairbury Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Livingston County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100059

MSHA record for Fairbury Quarry (mine ID 1100059). 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
1985–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 7, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL PULLED DRILL STEEL TO CHECK THE BIT.THE COLLAR CAME UP WITH THE BIT,EMPL REACHED TO UNWEDGE THE COLLAR AND IT FELL PINCHING INDEX FINGER BETWEEN COLLAR AND DRILL TABLE.AN X-RAY REVEALED A FRACTURED LEFT INDEX FINGER.DR APPLIED TAPE TO THE FINGER AND ALLOWED EMPL TO RETURN TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

1985 · 1 incident

June 10, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS REMOVING RADIATOR CAP FROM A 475 MICH AND THE WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT CAUSING STEAM TO BURN FACE ARMS AND UPPER BODY

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.