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S & S Aggregate Plant #13: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

S & S Aggregate · Surface
Controlled by Shelly & Sands Inc
Knox County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301483

S & S Aggregate Plant #13 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Fredericktown Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1988
  2. S & S Aggregate 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 3
1992 5
1991 5
1990 6
1989 5
1988 13
1987 10
1986 10
1985 8
1984 8
1983 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

S & S Aggregate Plant #13 sits in Knox County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Knox County, Ohio · Population 62,888
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,988
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

1983 · 3 incidents

October 17, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fredericktown Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMP TIGHTENING LARGE NUT ON CATERPILLER DOZER FINAL DRIVE ASSEMBLE. HE WAS USING A 4" SOCKET AND STEEL BAR TO TORGUE NUT TO DESIRED TIGHTENESS BAR BROKE AND EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS BACK LANDING O N CORNER OF WOOD PALLET RESULTING IN CONTUSION TO MUSCLES IN BACK NEAR TAIL BONE

October 15, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Fredericktown Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING A SECTION OF 6" WATERLINE THAT HAD RUSTED OUT PORTABLE GRINDER WAS BEING USED TO FIT THE NEW PIECE OF PIPE IN PLACE DURING THE GRINDING OPERATION THE GRINDING DISC MADE CONTACT WITH LEFT WRIST RESULTING IN A CUT ON LEFT WRIST

August 13, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fredericktown Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

PUTTING TWO PIECES 123/4 O.D. STEEL PIPE TOGETHER WITH RUBBER SLEEVE CONNECTOR AND CLAMPS, FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON LEFT RIB CAGE.