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Ponderosa Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles J Miller
Kenosha County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701857

MSHA record for Ponderosa Pit (mine ID 4701857). 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
1986–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Mc Henry Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ponderosa Pit sits in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 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.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin · Population 168,413
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,412
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

1987 · 1 incident

December 14, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Henry Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PREPARING TO RE1AIR THE DRAG BEAM, INJURED WAS TACKING CHAIN OFF THE BEAM WHEN THE BEAM TRIPPED OVER ONTO HIS FOOT.

1986 · 1 incident

November 24, 1986 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Mc Henry Sand & Gravel Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO KNOWN WORK C2NDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES HEART ATTACK. TO EMPLOYERS KNOWLEDGE, EMPLOYEE HAD NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE.