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Sier Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lambert Bruce
Whiteside County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100203

MSHA record for Sier Quarry (mine ID 1100203). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Kehobe Materials Inc 1981 to 1983
  2. Woosung Quarry Products 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sier Quarry sits in Whiteside County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Whiteside County, Illinois · Population 55,192
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,536
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 27, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woosung Quarry Products · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON THE WATER PUMP ON QUARRY FLOOR WHEN VICTIM WALKER OVER TO WALL WHERE WATER HOSE EXTENDED UP AND OVER WALL.NOT KNOWING HE WAS THERE THEY OVERTOP PUMP ONLY WATER WENT OV WALL IN HOSE IT LOSSEN A ROCK AT TOP OF WALL WHICH FELL HITTING VICTIM ON BACK AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM WALL.