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HWY 63 NORTH QUARRY: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Boone County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300615

MSHA record for HWY 63 NORTH QUARRY (mine ID 2300615). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Jeff-Cole Quarries Inc 1950 to 1994
  2. Capital Quarries Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

HWY 63 NORTH QUARRY sits in Boone County, Missouri, 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.
Boone County, Missouri · Population 185,874
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,913
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 10, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Jeff-Cole Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FRONT END LOADE9 WAS LOADING ROCK, OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP ENGINE ON LOADER QUIT, LOADER WAS ON INCLINE AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. OPERATED THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE LOADER WHILE ROLLING BACKW ARDS, FALLING O3 WHEEL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE VRUSHED TO DEATH.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

June 16, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeff-Cole Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPING OVER A RAILING ON CATWALK AND TWISTED KNEE AFTER ADJUSTING CONVEYOR BELT.