Mining Incidents

Pennington QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Pennington, Mercer County, NJ · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800032
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
31
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

31 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he was climbing the ladder to get into 988 Loader cab when he felt pain in lower back.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated as he turned to sit down in his CAT excavator he felt a pain in his lower back - right side

2009 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hit in the right ear by an air gun that flew out of a co-workers grasp causing laceration behind right ear requiring 5 stitches.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking for a leak from a drill rig hydraulic hose. As he moved hoses around, pressurized fluid shot out & caused a puncture wound to his left middle finger tip.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing out of a chute under #4 shaker when he felt a ""Pop"" in his right knee. Diagnosis: Right Knee Strain - possible Medial Meniscal Tear.

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was carrying a 4' x 8' shaker screen with a co-worker when he felt pain in his lower back.

2007 · 6 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While changing screens, employee reached under screen to retrieve a bolt while screen was being lowered. Screen edge hit employee on shoulder& back of neck causing bruise / contusion.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was loosening nuts with a rachet & socket when he received a lumbar strain.

Struck against stationary object

As employee was stepping off a haul truck ladder, his left foot landed on a piece of core stone causing an ankle sprain.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While replacing a haul truck suspension cylinder the employee got his left index finger piched between the cylinder & the truck when the cylinder shifted causing a fracture to finger.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking from the parking lot to the time clock when he slipped and fell on ice causing a left shoulder sprain.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got his fingers caught between a steel cable and a pulley snatch block causing fracture of left ring & middle finger.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee ducking under an over-head beam. He thought he was clear and he started to stand up straight. He hit the back of his neck on the beam causing a contusion to his cervical spine.

Struck by flying object

Employee was shoveling under shaker cleaning up spilled stone when wind blew dust/dirt into his left eye causing a corneal abrasion.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO LOOSEN A GREASE FITTING THAT HAD SEIZED UP. THE FITTING EXPLODED, SHOOTING OUT A BALL BEARING THAT BECAME IMBEDDED IN EMPLOPYEE'S LEFT FOREARM.

2004 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a bungee cord to connect it between a back hoe door and a handrail when he felt a pull in his back.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee received 6 stitches & a tetanus shot when he caught his finger between a screen deck hole and a plant rail. he was lowering the deck to another employee when it slipped.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A WIRE WHEEL GRINDER TO CLEAN THREADS ON A CRUSHER FRAME. THE GRINDER JUMPED BACK AND THE WIRE WHEEL BRUSHED EE'S FACE, CUASING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT CHEEK.

Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT HE HIT A POT HOLE WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG. DIAGNOSIS: DEGENERATED DISC.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BWLT WHEN HE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER TOP - 8 STITCHES.

2002 · 4 incidents

Fall down stairs

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUD AND FELL CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SITTING AND WELDING A CHUTE LINER. WHEN HE TURNED TO WELD THE OTHER SIDE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS POKING CLOGGED MATERIAL WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS CAKED IN A CHUTE. THE BAR SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND A HAND RAIL.

Struck by falling object

WHILE ASSISTING A WELDER CUT A PIECE OF STEEL WEAR LINER, THE STACK OF STEEL SLID DOWN STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS.

2001 · 4 incidents

Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTING A DOOR TO CLOSE OFF THE CORE STONEA HOOK SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE PULLED INTO A HAND RAIL.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SHAKER SCREEN WHICH WAS HOOKED TO A CRANE. THE SCREEN SHIFTED AND PINCH-ED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN SCREEN AND RAIL.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WEED WACKING WHEN HE HIT A YELLOW JACKET NEST RESULTING IN STINGS.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK USING A HAND GRINDER ONA STEEL TRACTOR BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

2000 · 3 incidents

Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN STEPS ON A 992 LOADER, EE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS SHIN ON FLOOR BOLT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TWO 5 GALLON OIL BUCKETS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF A LADDER AND HIS FOOT TWISTED.