Mining Incidents

Silica Stone: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James C Kaiser
Fond Du Lac County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702782

MSHA record for Silica Stone (mine ID 4702782). 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
1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Perronne Industries Inc 1985 to 1989
  2. Cascade Ready Mix Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silica Stone sits in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, 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.
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin · Population 104,053
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,154
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

1987 · 1 incident

December 7, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Perronne Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING GRAVEL PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHEN HE SUFFERED A BACK STRAIN.