Mining Incidents

LAKE PIT: 12 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102906

MSHA record for LAKE PIT (mine ID 1102906). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1991–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Ownership history
  1. Bluff City Materials Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LAKE PIT sits in Cook County, Illinois, 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.
Cook County, Illinois · Population 5,185,812
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,797
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

October 25, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE YARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A HEAVY WIRE WHICH WENT THROUGH HIS BOOT INTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

June 3, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

PERFORMING DAILY RESPONSIBILITY AT WASH PLANT. SAW DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

1998 · 2 incidents

March 26, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTINGH TRACKING ON CONVEYOR BELT, HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER.

March 6, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOVELING THE TRACKS ON A "D8N" DOZER WHEN HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 24, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluff City Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS RASIED ON PALLET TO FILL HYDRAULICS WITH OIL. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT ELBOW.

May 5, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON THE CRANE -9570. LOOSENED BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED. HAND HIT CRANE.

1993 · 1 incident

January 13, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD WALKED OUT APPR 10-15' ON AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR & TRIED TO KICK MATERIAL FREE THAT WAS SLIDING ON FROSTED BELT. HE STEPPED THROUGH SNOW & MATERIAL. BELT DRUG RIGHT LEG UNDER STATIONARY MAGNET FOLLOWED BY MATERIAL BREAKING LEG.

1991 · 4 incidents

July 9, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WALKING BY POWERSCREEN, A LARGE BOULDER FELL FROM THE TOP OF POWERSCREEN AND HIT HIM IN LEFT SIDE OF FACE. COLLARBONE.

July 2, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluff City Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FOOT SLIPPED LOST BALANCE AND FELL.

July 2, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Bluff City Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISAGGREEMENT OVER WORK RESPONSIBILITIES; OPERATOR PUNCHED GROUNDMAN.

March 30, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN A BOBCAT AND A PIECE OF PIPE.