Mining Incidents

Millville Sand Plant: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Owens Illinois Inc
Cumberland County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800467

MSHA record for Millville Sand Plant (mine ID 2800467). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Owens-Illinois Glass Container Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Millville Sand Plant sits in Cumberland County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cumberland County, New Jersey · Population 152,915
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,499
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

1985 · 1 incident

May 28, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Owens-Illinois Glass Container Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN OVERHEAD WAREHOUSE DOOR AND THREW OUT SHOULDER.

1984 · 1 incident

September 17, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Owens-Illinois Glass Container Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE LIFTING HEAVY LID OF COVERED HOPPER RAIL CAR.