Mining Incidents

Devault QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by A Ross Myers
Devault, Chester County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600060
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Dec 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2023 · 1 incident

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Slippery Condition due to heavy rain. Employee was rigging a set of steps to lift and while tightening straps the steps jerked and made the employee jump for safety, which made EE slip off a concrete pad and onto pavement. Blunt force from landing on feet made a compound fracture in Left foot.

2017 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee assisted by another employee repositioning roller back into CAT D6 Dozer. Load shifted causing 1 employee to bare burden of load. Employee treated conservatively by athletic trainer and worked at full capacity. Employee continued to have discomfort, MRI issued to discover rotator cuff tear. Surgery now scheduled.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was welding, and it was hot outside. He wiped his face with a paper towel. Around 8 AM his right eye started to feel irritated. He asked a co-worker to flush his eye. He said it still felt like something was still in his eye. The employee was taken for medical treatment where a small particle was taken out of his eye.

2012 · 1 incident

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

Employee was getting a pipe from a material rack. When getting the pipe the one next to it shifted and pinched his pinky finger between the two pipes.

2009 · 2 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Right knee popped and caused pain in outside of knee. Knee popped when standing up.

Struck by flying object

Employee was knocking a frozen pin loose, when he hit it with a hammer a peice of metal came up and cut his left cheek. A small peice went into his cheek.

2007 · 4 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Walking on catwalk. Stepped on rock and twisted right ankle.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hammering screen on to Deister when hammerhead came off bouncing off screen hitting another employee in the mouth.

Struck against stationary object

Walked up staircase and ducked under catwalk to check oil in HP crusher tanks. While servicing the crusher tanks with oil, employee stood up under the catwalk and caught shoulder on four inch conduit. Contact was made on back side of shoulder.

Accident type, without injuries

A maintenance operation was going on a 8X20 Screen deck which involved cutting. Plywood was placed over the screen media to protect it from damage. The operation was going 4 hours when the fire watch noticed smoke coming from the screen deck. Four fire exstinguishers were emptied to control the fire at which time it grew out of control and the employees evacuated the area.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cutting a piece a conveyor belting with a utllity knife and caused a laceration to his right arm.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

CUTTING FIBERS FROM BETWEEN MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE WITH DIAGONALS. RIGHT HAND CAME UP AGAINST SHARP EDGE OF ELECTRICAL TROUGH CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND NEAR THE KNUCKLE OF THE RIGHT RING FINGER, REQUIRING 3 SUTURES. EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY POLICY

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by rolling or sliding object

THE SCREENINGS HOPPER UNDER #1 DIESTER FILLED W/MATERIAL. EE OPENED ACCESS DOOR & WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN OUT THE BUILDUP. AFTER GETTING MAJORITY OF MATERIAL OUT EE ENTERED HOPPER TO GET T HE REST & MATERIAL SLID DOWN THE HOPPER TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE HAD A HARNESS & LANYARD ON BUT VIOLATED THE COMPANY CONFINED SPACE POLICY.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO SPREAD THE SIDES OF A 30' X 60"" GRIZZLEY FEEDER WITH A HYDRAULIC JACK AND PIPE SPREADER, THE JACK AND PIPE SPRUNG OUT TOWARDS EE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT JAW.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A SKIRT RUBBER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. IT SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.