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Stearns Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Du Page County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102904

Stearns Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Bluff City Materials Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 8
1992 11
1991 10
1990 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Stearns Pit sits in DuPage County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
DuPage County, Illinois · Population 927,263
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$110,502
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

1991 · 1 incident