Mining Incidents

East Coast Mines & MaterialsMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by John B Tintle
East Quogue, Suffolk County, NY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000865
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
Contact with electrical current

A customer's truck became caught in overhead wires when the driver deployed the automatic tarp in driveway while exiting the mine. The driver exited vehicle safely and was electrocuted when the driver attempted to climb back in to the truck while the tarp arms were still in contact with overhead power lines. The accident resulted in a fatality.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

A miner become buried from material sliding down the face of a bank.