Mining Incidents

MERRITT SAND & GRAVEL INC.: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John E Merritt
Steuben County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202125

MSHA record for MERRITT SAND & GRAVEL INC. (mine ID 1202125). 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
1993
Latest incident
Oct 1993
Ownership history
  1. Merritt Sand & Gravel Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

MERRITT SAND & GRAVEL INC. sits in Steuben County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Steuben County, Indiana · Population 34,648
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,483
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

1993 · 1 incident

October 19, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Merritt Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING OUT THE EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE WORK. THERE WAS A TRAINING SESSION BETWEEN EE & SUPERVISOR ON THE PLANT JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.