Mining Incidents

MUIR ROAD PIT: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Angelo E Iafrate
Oakland County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002472

MSHA record for MUIR ROAD PIT (mine ID 2002472). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1992–1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
Ownership history
  1. Portable Aggregate Producers Inc 1979 to 1990
  2. American Aggregates Of Michigan 1990 to 1997
  3. American Aggregates Of Michigan Inc 1997 to 1998
  4. Angelo'S Crushed Concrete Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

MUIR ROAD PIT sits in Oakland County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Oakland County, Michigan · Population 1,272,294
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$95,296
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

April 10, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
American Aggregates Of Michigan · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GETTING READY TO PUT SAMPLE OF GRAVEL INTO SPLITTING MACHINE. EMPLOYEE CALLED TO SUPT. SAID HE FELT DIZZY, HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC.

April 8, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT DOWN TO PICK UP PRY BAR AND FELT SHARP PAININ MIDDLE OF LOWER BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

June 12, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING PLANT ON KNEES AND TWISTING WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.

1994 · 3 incidents

November 4, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS EXITING HIS LOADER, HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE CATWALK AND TURNED SO HE COULD GO DOWN THE LADDER OF THE LOADER AND HIS FOOT DID NOT PIVOT WITH HIS BODY.

June 25, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE DOOR ON THE HOPPER AND WAS LEANING ON A BEAM WHILE PULLING THE HOPPER DOOR OPEN WHEN HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS CHEST.

April 28, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY WHILE CLIMBING ON TO THE MACHINE HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON ACCESS STEPS

1993 · 1 incident

July 9, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck against stationary object

OPENING SIDE WINDOW FRAME FOR VENTILATION IN THE CAB & HIS RT HAND SLIPPED OFF FRAME & WENT THRU WINDOW

1992 · 1 incident

December 3, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP PORTABLE PLANT. THIS CONSISTED OF SETTING WOOD BLOCK IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PLANT. THE INJURY WAS SUSTAINED DURING THE SETTING OF THE BLOCKS.