Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #42fo186: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barbara R Boulanger
Brown County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702737

MSHA record for Portable Crusher #42fo186 (mine ID 4702737). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Boulanger Construction Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #42fo186 sits in Brown County, Wisconsin, 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.
Brown County, Wisconsin · Population 269,425
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,490
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 28, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulanger Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING LOARGE STONES INTO CRUSHER JAW WITH WIRE HOOK ABOUT 5 FOOT IN LENGTH. STONE DROPPED SUDDENLY INTO CRUSHER WITH THE WIRE HOOK CAUGHT BENEATH THE STONE. TO PREVENT THE WIR E HOOK FROM GOI3G INTO THE CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE MAINTAINED HIS GRIP ON THE WIRE HOOK WHICH PULLED HIM DOWN WARD FROM THE WRIST ON A SUDDEN MOVEMENT AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK EDGE OF BIN WITH ELBOW.