American Mine Services Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LOOSE ROCKS FROM BEHIND TRAVELED DOWN HIS SCALING BAR AND STRUCK AND CUT HIS CHIN.
MCCOOK QUARRY TUNNEL PROJECT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
American Mine Services Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
American Contract Miners Inc
Cook County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103004
MSHA record for MCCOOK QUARRY TUNNEL PROJECT (mine ID 1103004). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1997
- Latest incident
- Jun 1997
Ownership history
- American Mine Services Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
MCCOOK QUARRY TUNNEL PROJECT sits in Cook County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.