Mining Incidents

Lime Crest Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Sussex County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800969

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

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

August 17, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lime Crest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL REPAIRING CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY.WHEN EMPL AND CO-WORKER LIFTED PULLEY FOR POSITIONING,IT ROTATED ON SHAFT AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN PULLEY AND H-BEAM SUPPORT.WORKERS HADNT COORDINATED H AND PLACEMENTS RESULTING IN BEARING AND SHAFT TURNING UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN EMPLS LIFTED PULLEY.