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Kentucky Avenue Sand: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Marion County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200709

Kentucky Avenue Sand has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 5
1990 8
1989 9
1988 8
1987 8
1986 9
1985 12
1984 12
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Kentucky Avenue Sand sits in Marion County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Marion County, Indiana · Population 971,822
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,450
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

April 24, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS STRUCK WITH CHAIN LINK FRAGMENT WHEN ALLOY CHAIN BROKE DURING TIGHTENING OF CONE CRUSHER.

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1988 · 1 incident

February 10, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MA3UALLY MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL SHAFTING.THE MATERIAL SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER TIP .

1986 · 1 incident

February 26, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A HAND HELD PORTABLE ELECTRIC GRINDER, THE GRINDER JERKED OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK HIS LEG.

1984 · 1 incident

August 21, 1984 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING AN END LOADE AND CLEANING THE CAB WINDOW WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

1983 · 1 incident

July 14, 1983 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS CAUGHT IN A LUBRICATION HOSE THAT BECAME ENTANGLED IN MOVING MACHINERY THE MINER WAS PULLED AROUND THE HOSE UP AGAINST THE GUARD AROUND MOVING MACHINERY