THE INJURED WAS DRIVING A TRUCK FOR THE FILLMORETOWNSHIP. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE INJURED EXITEDHIS TRUCK WHILE THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING ANOTHER TRUCK. AS THE LOADER OPERATOR BACKED HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THE INJURED'S TRUCK IN HIS MIRROR AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THE OPERATOR EXITED THE LOADER HE FOUND THE INJURED ON THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR RESCUE HELP.
NOKOMIS QUARRY: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Material Service Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Heidelberg Materials AG
Montgomery County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100078
MSHA record for NOKOMIS QUARRY (mine ID 1100078). 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
- 1983–1994
- Latest incident
- Nov 1994
Ownership history
- Hulcher Quarry Inc 1950 to 1980
- Material Service Corp 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
NOKOMIS QUARRY sits in Montgomery County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.Montgomery County, Illinois · Population 28,078
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,863
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1994 · 1 incident
November 2, 1994
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Material Service Corp · Struck by powered moving object
1985 · 1 incident
June 6, 1985
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Material Service Corp · Fall from machine
FELL OFF OF CRUSHER WHILE CLEARING THE FEEDER.
1983 · 1 incident
November 15, 1983
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
OTHER
Material Service Corp · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE OILING DOZER VERY STRONG WIND CLOSED DOOR & HIT HEAD PUSHING FACE INTO OIL CAN & BUSTING UPPER LIP.