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Hilt Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Tippecanoe County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201806

Hilt Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Quality Aggregates Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 0
1990 0
1989 1
1988 1
1987 2
1986 2
1985 1
1984 2
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hilt Pit sits in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 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.
Tippecanoe County, Indiana · Population 187,399
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,622
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 11, 1983 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Quality Aggregates Inc · Struck by powered moving object

HAD TO PUT MOTOR IN CRUSHER-WEIGHED ABOUT 400 LBS-2MEN HAD BACKHOE TO LIFT IN UP IN AIR AND SWUNG IT OVER BY CHAIN WHERE THEY COULD CONNECT IT DENNIS WAS ON HIS KNEES IN BUCKET MOTOR SWUNG BAC K & KNOCKED HIM AGAINST BACKHOE BUCKET DIDNT THINK HE WAS HURT AS BAD AS IT TURNED OUT