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TERRE HAUTE SAND: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Vigo County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200708

MSHA record for TERRE HAUTE SAND (mine ID 1200708). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

TERRE HAUTE SAND sits in Vigo County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Vigo County, Indiana · Population 106,201
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,525
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 1, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

33 MASHED FINGER WHILE MANUALLY CHANGING V-BELTS ON HOPPER DRIVE MOTOR.

1995 · 1 incident

May 16, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR REDUCER WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK IN THE NEARBY AREA AND HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE BEING GROUNDED AND TOUCHING THE CONVEYOR FRAME.

1993 · 1 incident

September 14, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN LEG BY METAL FRAGMENT WHILE USING A HAMMER TO ADJUST CONVEYOR IDLERS

1989 · 1 incident

June 22, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPL SUFFERED NECK SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE USING SLEDGE HAMMER.