EMPL WAS REMOVING CENTER PIN FROM AN INDUSTRIAL FRONT END LOADER WITH AN AIR DRILL WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE AND HIT FINGER
Winona County Quarries: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Winona County Quarries (mine ID 2102634). 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
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
Ownership history
- Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Winona County Quarries sits in Winona County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.Winona County, Minnesota · Population 49,705
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1988 · 2 incidents
March 2, 1988
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 29, 1988
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS EN1AGED IN HIS REGULAR POSITION OF FEEDING CRUSHER. HE NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE DELIVERY CONVEYORS ON STOCK PILE HAD STOPPED AND WAS SMOKING. EMPLOYEE DESENDED FROM CRUSHER AND WAS PROCEEDING AT 0AST PACE TOWARDS CONVEYOR TO CHECK TROUBLE AND SHUT OFF WHEN HE EITHER SLIPPED AOR STEPPED ON FROZEN CHUNK TURNING ANKLE AND CAUSING BONE CHIP AND SPRAIN.