Mining Incidents

PhilmontMetal/Nonmetal

Philmont, Columbia County, NY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3001712
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

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

EE was cleaning conveyor belt with rag, rag caught by pulley, taking left hand along conveyor.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tapering off 4 x 3 1/4"" bar with grinder making a pin for excavating bucket when hand slipped, resulting in 2 inch laceration on inside of left wrist.

2006 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 men repairing conveyor belt-one man had a crowbar lifting the pulley up while EE had his hand underneath repairing belt-crowbar slipped causing EE's left thumb to be crushed between bearing and adjuster plate.

2004 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

USING A CUTTING TORCH IN GARAGE NEAR A BUCKET OF UNKNOWN FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. SPARKS FROM TORCH IGNITED IT, RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE.

Contact with hot objects or substances

USING A CUTTING TORCH IN GARAGE NEAR A BUCKET OF UNKNOWN FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. SPARKS FROM TORCH IGNITED IT, RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE.