Mining Incidents

BARTON ROAD QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Wehrle, Erie County, NY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000068
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

Contact with heat

EE WAS HELPING CLEAN OFF #7 CONVEYOR AFTER IT CHOCKED DOWN. AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB, HE APPEARED FLUSHED AND WAS PERSPIRING. TOLD SUPERVISOR HE NEEDED TO SIT TO COOL OFF. ABOUT 5 MIN. LATER W HEN SUPERVISOR RETURNED HE WAS LAYING ON FLOOR OF POWERHOUSE BECAUSE HE FELT FAINT & WAS TAKING OXYGEN. EMS WAS CALLED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTS.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD FINISHED HELPING UNLOAD PIPE AND TUBING AT THE SCREEN ROOM AND WAS CLEANING UP FOR LUNCH. HE WALKED BACK TO THE PRIMARY POWER HOUSE WITH CO-WORKER TO WASH THEIR HANDS. EE WENT INTO CONV ULSIONS. EMS WAS CALLED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.