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Vanatta Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Olen Corp · Surface
Controlled by Olen Corporation
Licking County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301452

MSHA record for Vanatta Plant (mine ID 3301452). 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
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Dry Creek Crushed Gravel Company 1950 to 1995
  2. Olen Corp 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Vanatta Plant sits in Licking County, Ohio, 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.
Licking County, Ohio · Population 180,311
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,033
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

July 2, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Creek Crushed Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

FORMAN WAS GOIN1 OVER A 3 FOOT PILE IN HIGH GEAR WITH NO SEAT BELT ON.DOZER WENT UP AS IT FELL FORWARD OVER PILE FORMAN WAS THROWN.THIS WAS A LEVEL AREA BEFORE HE PUSHES UP PILE.HE WAS TRAVEL ING TO GO LET F6EL.MACHINE HAS SEAT BELT.