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Porter Bros. Swanson Road Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Porter Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Porter John
Winnebago County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100168

Porter Bros. Swanson Road Quarry has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Porter Brothers Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 2
1995 4
1994 4
1993 4
1992 3
1991 4
1990 5
1989 5
1988 6
1987 4
1986 4
1985 4
1984 4
1983 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Porter Bros. Swanson Road Quarry sits in Winnebago County, Illinois, 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.
Winnebago County, Illinois · Population 283,289
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,363
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

1991 · 2 incidents

September 11, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Porter Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECT IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE WHILE WORKING IN SHOP

April 26, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Porter Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECT EMBEDDED IN EYE WHILE GRINDING METAL