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Lowland Pit And Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Phyllis Dorr
Middlesex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900318

Lowland Pit And Mill has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Holliston Sand Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 3
1987 6
1986 6
1985 6
1984 9
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lowland Pit And Mill sits in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 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.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 1,622,896
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$126,779
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

1987 · 1 incident

November 16, 1987 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holliston Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PA8SING A PIECE OF STEEL TO THE WELDER WHEN PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE PLANT AND THE PIECE OF STEEL