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Puskarich Limestone Company: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Puskarich Nick J
Carroll County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3302786

Puskarich Limestone Company has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Puskarich Limestone Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 1
1991 6
1990 8
1989 6
1988 5
1987 7
1986 14
1985 14
1984 18
1983 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Puskarich Limestone Company sits in Carroll County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Carroll County, Ohio · Population 26,731
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,675
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Puskarich Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LETTING CAR DOWN TACK AND IT HIT ANOTHER CAR CAUSING HIM TO HIT LADDER AND HURT HIS RIBS.

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1983 · 2 incidents

December 28, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Puskarich Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING HOLES ON DRILL BENCH WITH SAND FROM BUCKET OF LOADER.AS OPERATOR WAS LOWERING BUCKET TO GROUND,EMPL FOOT SLID UNDER EDGE BRUISING FOOT.

August 12, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Puskarich Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM A TRUCK EE\S RING CAUGHT ON SIDE CUTTING THE RING FINGER.