Mining Incidents

West Lake Quarry-Plant No 1: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William E Witaker
St Louis County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300768

MSHA record for West Lake Quarry-Plant No 1 (mine ID 2300768). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. West Lake Quarry & Material Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

West Lake Quarry-Plant No 1 sits in St. Louis County, Missouri, 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.
St. Louis County, Missouri · Population 996,618
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,340
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 21, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Lake Quarry & Material Company · Struck against stationary object

MAN WAS UNLOADI3G TRASH PIPE ETC FROM THE REAR OF A COMPANY PICKUP AS HE TURNED SIDEWAYS A PIECE OF PIPE SCRAPPED HIS RT THIGH REQUIRING 6 STITCHES MAN RETURNED TO WORK INFECTION SET IN LATER IN THE WEEK 3

1985 · 1 incident

February 6, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Lake Quarry & Material Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MECHANIC WA S LIFTING CASING INTO PARTS WASHER & STRAINED BACK. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT TIME STATING THAT IF IT PAINED MORE HE WOULD SEE A DOCTOR. EE CALLED IN NEXT DAY STATING IT WAS WORSE & HE WOULD SEE A DOCTOR. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL HELP UNTIL 2-8-85.

1984 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

ON MON.100184 AT APPROX 430PM I.NAME AFTER INSPECTING FINS & REMOVING CHUNKS OF ROCK FROM DISCHARGE HOPPER OF MINER #64 PROCEEDED TO CLIMB BACK DOWN OFF OF TOP OF TRUCK AFTER REACHING LEVEL OF CATWALK APPROX 40IN HE JUMPED OFF OF TRUCK & WALKED AWAY SOMETIME LATER HE INDICATED TO ME THAT HIS LEFT KNEE WAS BOTHERING HIM I INSTRUCTED HIM THAT IF IT CONTINUED TO HURT HE SHOULD SEEK ME