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Meyer Material Company--Vicks Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Will County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100398

MSHA record for Meyer Material Company--Vicks Quarry (mine ID 1100398). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Meyer Material Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Meyer Material Company--Vicks Quarry sits in Will County, Illinois, 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.
Will County, Illinois · Population 698,450
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$107,799
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

September 17, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meyer Material Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMALL TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE LIFTING GUARD FROM CRUSHER.BOOM NO VERTICAL SO WHEN GUARD CAME FREE,SWUNG INTO HAND WHICH WAS RESTING ON ANOTHER PART OF CRUSHER.

July 21, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Meyer Material Company · Contact with heat

PURSUEING GENERAL DUTIES AS PLANT OPERATOR WHEN HE SUCUMBED.