Mining Incidents

Foster Road Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel R Plote
Mchenry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102871

MSHA record for Foster Road Pit (mine ID 1102871). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. East Riverdale Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Foster Road Pit sits in McHenry County, Illinois, 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.
McHenry County, Illinois · Population 311,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,836
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

1989 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
East Riverdale Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS SHOVELING SAND UNDERNEATH A SHAKER HEAD WHEN A ROCK CAME OVER THE SIDE AND LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER

March 31, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
East Riverdale Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING FLASHING FOR HOPPER.KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO KNEE.