Mining Incidents

Troy Grove Stone Quarry: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
La Salle County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101565

MSHA record for Troy Grove Stone Quarry (mine ID 1101565). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
Ownership history
  1. Moline Consumers Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Troy Grove Stone Quarry sits in LaSalle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
LaSalle County, Illinois · Population 109,049
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,281
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1994 · 1 incident

January 29, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moline Consumers Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING QUARRY GATE & SLIPPED & FELL ON THE ICE.

1993 · 1 incident

January 4, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moline Consumers Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING HOSE TO HOOK UP TO PUMP WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE

1992 · 1 incident

May 29, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moline Consumers Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED SCREEN DECK OUT OF SCREEN AND PULLED LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 11, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moline Consumers Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BRAKE APART IT WAS SPRING LOADED & IT LET GO HITTING HIM

1989 · 1 incident

May 3, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Moline Consumers Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TURNED TO REACH FOR AN OBJECT & TWISTED HIS KNEE HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT TIME OF INJURY BUT WENT TO A DR FOR X-RAYS LATER HE IS TO HAVE SURGERY ON H IS KNEE TODAY JULY 25 ,1 989 AS AN OUTPATIENT BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF WORK FOR SIX WEEKS HE HAD NOT BEEN OFF WORK UP TO TODAY

1988 · 3 incidents

December 7, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moline Consumers Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN 8 TON HYDRAULIC JACK TO HELP PUSH SHAFT AND SLEEVE IN POSITION TO INSTALL IN PLACE THE JACK SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE S HAND WHICH REQUIRED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE .

August 26, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moline Consumers Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RRUBBER FOR THE SCREEN DECK HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS ARM REQUIRING 4 STITCHES

June 17, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Moline Consumers Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF STEEL OFF OF DRILL FLEW INTO LEG 6 INCH BELOW LEFT KNEE PIECE OF METAL STILL IN LEG.

1985 · 1 incident

October 3, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Moline Consumers Company · Struck against a moving object

BOLT HOLDING PIN THAT GOES THRU ROD ON HYDRAULIC STEERING CYLINDER BROKE OR FELL OUT ALLOWING PIN TO DROP OUT.WITH NO STEERING TRUCK STRUCK THE WALL GOING DOWN INTO THE PIT.

1983 · 1 incident

December 28, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moline Consumers Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON SIDE OF MACHINE; HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT SHIN ON AN OBJECT AS HE FELL.