Mining Incidents

NO. 4 MINEMetal/Nonmetal

Harrisville, Lewis County, NY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3002245
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2013–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

A pump had stopped working so water had built up on the floor causing a slippery surface on a step of the drill.

2024 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was in a man basket preparing to load a round when a fall of roof occurred. The rock hit the man basket causing the employee to be jostled inside. Employee sustained scrapes on left shoulder, laceration to right bicep/Left leg, and contusion on employee's head.

2022 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stripping power cable to install a plug, the knife slipped and cut into the left-hand thumb causing it to cut to tendon

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

Employee went to tighten rock drill bit back up and collar closed on left thumb causing it to be caught between collar and bit.

2016 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a wrench while working on the jumbo drill and felt something pull in left shoulder. The employee did not get medical treatment when it first happened. EE decided to make an appointment with a doctor for February 23, 2016 because the shoulder was not getting better. Employee is scheduled for 4-6 weeks of therapy.

2015 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee has no clear description of how the incident happened he did several jobs that day and at no time can he recall bumping, twisting, or hyper extending the knee. When Workers' Compensation carrier had a conversation with him he said he might have done it by slipping on an incline and then jumping to keep balance but never fell.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped on a chunk of rock in the pit while moving a pump. The chunk rolled under his foot and employee twisted his left knee.