DRY GRAVEL FLOOR ING NATURAL AND CLEAR CONDITONS PERSON BENT OVER TO LIFT GARAGE DOOR. GARAGE DOOR OPENED ONE FOOT AND STUCK. ADDED EFFORT TO PUSH DOOR PAST STICKING POINT RESULTED IN LOWER BA CK PAIN.
Unimin Analytical Services Laboratory: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Unimin Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Covia Holdings LLC
La Salle County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102816
MSHA record for Unimin Analytical Services Laboratory (mine ID 1102816). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Nov 1992
Ownership history
- Unimin Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Unimin Analytical Services Laboratory sits in LaSalle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
2 on file1992 · 2 incidents
Unimin Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Unimin Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE OPERATOR OF TENSILE MACHINE TRIED TO TURN OFF EQUIPMENT. UPON REACHING FOR THE SWITCH,THE LEFT PINKY FINGER SLIPPED BETWEEN SAFETY GUARD FOR COOLING FAN. LOSS OF 1/8" OF FINGERTIP AND THE FINGERNAIL. INADEQUATE GUARDING AND OPERATOR INAATTENTIVENESS WERE THE PRIMARY CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO THE ACCIDENT.