Mining Incidents

VASSAR DRYING PLANT: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Francesanna Sargent
Tuscola County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001337

MSHA record for VASSAR DRYING PLANT (mine ID 2001337). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Ownership history
  1. Sargent Sand Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VASSAR DRYING PLANT sits in Tuscola County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Tuscola County, Michigan · Population 53,071
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,847
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

February 16, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sargent Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ABOUT 2" OF FRESH SNOW ON GROUND' GOT OUT OF MY CAR TO CHECK ON WHAT MATERIALS WERE NEEDED TO REPAIR DRIVE OVER SCALE AND SLIPPED ON ICE UNDER SNOW AND TWISTED MY BACK.

1995 · 1 incident

March 9, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sargent Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS LAYING DOWN CUTTING STEEL WITH A TORCH AND SOME HOT METAL WENT DOWN INTO HIS EAR. THE METAL BURNED A HOLE IN HIS EAR DRUM.

1994 · 1 incident