Mining Incidents

Marquette County Pits: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Marquette County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001037

MSHA record for Marquette County Pits (mine ID 2001037). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Marquette County Road Commission 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Marquette County Pits sits in Marquette County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Marquette County, Michigan · Population 66,430
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,675
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 7, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marquette County Road Commission · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING O3 CROWBAR AT CRUSHER SITE LOW BACK PAIN BEGAN

1984 · 1 incident

July 31, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marquette County Road Commission · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING LOOSE GRAVEL IN KNEELING POSITION UNDER CRUSHER WITH SHOVEL,TWISTING AND TURNING BODY IRRITATED LOWER BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

October 11, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marquette County Road Commission · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP ALLEGES THAT AS A RESU LT OF THROWING ROCK AND DEBRIS OFF PICKING BELT THAT WOULD BE TOO LARGE TO GO THROUGH THE 8" OPENING IN THE G RIZZLY HE GOT A SORE BACK. EMP COMPLAINED DURING DAY THAT IT WAS HAZARDOUS WORK BECAUSE OF STEADY RAIN, EMP COMPLAINED AT QUTTING TIME THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE, HE CALLED IN THE NEXT MORNING AND SAID HIS BACK WAS SORE AND HE WOULDNT BE OUT TO WORK