Mining Incidents

Winter Stone Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Fayette County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100246

MSHA record for Winter Stone Company (mine ID 1100246). 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
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Winter Stone Quarry 1950 to 1979
  2. Winter Stone Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Winter Stone Company sits in Fayette County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Fayette County, Illinois · Population 21,380
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,113
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

1990 · 1 incident

September 21, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winter Stone Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPL WAS CLEANING OUT CORNERS OF DUMP HOPPER WHEN ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING BONE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FOOT. EMPL HAD 20 YEAR SEXPERIENCE & WAS WEARING SAFETY SHOES.