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Sandy Hollow Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Winnebago County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101980

MSHA record for Sandy Hollow Quarry (mine ID 1101980). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Gregory-Anderson Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sandy Hollow 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

1992 · 1 incident

October 22, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gregory-Anderson Company · Struck by falling object

REPAIRING AN ENDLOADER AND A PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON FOOT.

1986 · 1 incident

April 8, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Gregory-Anderson Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD CHANGED 0UEL FILTERS AND WAS TRYING TO START GENERATOR. HE REMOVED THE VALVE COVER, STARTED THE ENGINE AND WAS REPLACING THE COVER WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUC K BY THE FAN SE5ERING FOUR FINGERS. HE WAS TAKEN TO ST ANTHONGY MEDICAL CENTER ROCKFORD AND AT THE ADVICE OF DR. WEISKOPF WAS HELICOPTERED TO SPRINGFIELD MEMORIAL.