Mining Incidents

TELFORD QUARRY & PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

M & M Stone Co. · Surface
Controlled by Brian L Carpenter
Tedford, Bucks County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600056

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,549
proposed penalties
$5,068
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,453 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,805 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,642 2 0 757.0
2004 Q4 6,259 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,184 8 0 977.5
2004 Q2 7,697 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,381 8 2 1253.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
M & M Stone Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE IS A LOADER OPERATOR AND OVER A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SPLIT EXTENSOR TENDONITIS OF THE RIGHT THUMB AND IS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS LEFT THUMB DUE TO REPETIVE MOTION WHEN OPERATING THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE WILL BE OPERATIED ON 2/22/05. THE REASON FOR THE DELAY OF THIS REPORT IS DUE TO THE UNKNOWN EXACT DATE OF INJURY.

March 23, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
M & M Stone Co. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a water truck on the quarry ramp and stated he lost his brakes and could not stop the truck. To stop the truck he ran into a large rock near the bottom of the ramp. Due to extensive damage, it was difficult to determine if the brakes were faulty.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 16, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M & M Stone Co. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS SITTING IN BED OF PICKUP TRUCK HOLDING DOWN A DRUM OF OIL. THE OPERATOR OF THE PICKUP RAN OVER A POTHOLE IT CAUSED THE EE TO COME UP AOFF THE FLOOR OF THE REAR BED AND LAND BACK DOWN ONTO HIS BUTTOCKS(COCCYX BONE) WHICH GAVE HIM SOME PAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE NEXT DAY EE TOOKHIMSELF TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO RESTRICIONS.

July 17, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Stone Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A LOADER OPERATOR, AFTER LOADING A 10-WHEELER DUMP TRUCK, ASSISTED THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER IN FREEING A STONE WHICH WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE BED OF THE TRUCK & THE TAIL GATE. AFTER FREEING THE STO NE, THE TAIL GATE PINCHED THE LOADER OPERATOR'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. NO SUTURES WERE REQUIRED. THE HOSPITAL GAVE HIM SOME LIGHT PAIN MEDICATION.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 10, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Stone Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING A 20 FT VIBRATING FEEDER (WHICH WAS TAGGED OUT & LOCKED OUT FOR SERVICE) & WHILE PULLING ON THE DRIVE BELT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HIS LEFT HAND POINTING FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEE N THE DRIVE PULLEY & THE BELT.

February 28, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Stone Co. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS WORKING ON TOP OF CRUSHER AND WAS BENDING OVER RAIL TO PULL A BUCKET OF TOOL UP WITH A ROPE AS HE WAS PULLING THE ROPE HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD ALBREADY INJURED FROM A PREVIOUS IN JURY AT ANOTHER PREIVOUS EE . EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 2-28-02 BUT WENT TO HOSPTIAL ON 3-5-02 FOR TREATMENT. WAS OFF SIDE 3- & 5-02.

2001 · 1 incident

October 26, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & M Stone Co. · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THE EUCLID DUMP TRUCK AFTER CHECKING THE ANTI FREEZE LEVEL IN THE ENGINE. HE STEPPED ONTO THE BUMPER AND THEN ONTO THE STEP AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO THE G ROUND. HE STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS KNEE AND IT WAS POSSIBLE HIS KNEE GAVE OUT.