EMPL CHANGING BEARINGS IN FEEDER OF DE-SANDING PLANT.WIND BLEW PARTICLES IN HIS EYE.EMPL WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.HIS EYE BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM DURING THE NIGHT.
Neal Sand & Gravel Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Neal Sand & Gravel Plant (mine ID 1200726). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Dec 1988
Ownership history
- Neal Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1983
- Rogers Group Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Neal Sand & Gravel Plant sits in Fountain County, Indiana, 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.Fountain County, Indiana · Population 16,546
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,526
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1988 · 2 incidents
December 21, 1988
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by flying object
September 21, 1988
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BEARING HOUSING FROM FEEDER OF THE DESANDING PLANT A PIECE OF STEEL FELL HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HAND
1987 · 1 incident
April 8, 1987
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5DING THE HAUL ROAD. A PIECE OF RUST OR DIRT WAS BLOWN INTO EMPLOYEES EYE.
1986 · 1 incident
April 22, 1986
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 KNEE WHILE GETTING INTO POSITION TO REPAIR THE HEAD PULLEY ON THE CONVEYOR BELT