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Portable Dredge: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Technisand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Fairmount Santrol
Berrien County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002878

Portable Dredge has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Technisand Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 0
1994 2
1993 2
1992 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Dredge sits in Berrien 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.
Berrien County, Michigan · Population 153,411
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,152
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

1993 · 1 incident

May 12, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technisand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A SIDE OF A HILL, LOST HIS BALANCE DURING FULL SWING. SLEDGE HAMMER FELL WRONG. EMPLOYEE HEARD A POP IN HIS ELBOW AND FELT PAIN.