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Venango Quarry And Mill: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by ITT Corp
Venango County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603124

MSHA record for Venango Quarry And Mill (mine ID 3603124). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Venango Quarry And Mill sits in Venango County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Venango County, Pennsylvania · Population 50,096
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,626
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE FLOYD USOFF WAS CUTTING FIREWOOD FROM SLASH TIMBER LYING ON THE GROUND, A LIMB FELL, STRIKING AND KILLING MR. USOFF. THE LIMB WAS 16\ LONG AND 8" IN DIAMETER. MR. USOFF WAS USING HIS OWN CHAIN SAW AND CUTTING THE WOOD FORHIS PERSONASL USE DURING WORKING HOURS, IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY.