Mining Incidents

White Marsh Metal/Non-Metal

Baltimore County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800080

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 30, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING TEETH ON PINION GEAR OF SHREDDER WHEN GRINDING WHEEL JUMPED UP INTO THE WRIST AREA OF EMPLOYEE\S ARM. THE REASON IS UNCLEAR AS GRINDING WHEEL WAS NEW AND VIBRATING AS IF OUT OF BALANCE. WHEEL MUST HAVE HIT ANOTHER PART OF SHREDDER AND BOUNCED UP. THERE WERE 2 DEEP LACERATIONS. FIVE STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE WOUNDS.