Mining Incidents

New Hope Crushed StoneMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by John Mehok
New Hope, Bucks County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600199
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL0YEE WAS TRANING BELTS ON A CONVEYOR, BECAME ENTANGLED BETWEEN BELT AND VERTICAL TAKE UP PULLEY.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2017 · 1 incident

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

Using a bar to dislodge a boulder and caught finger between handrail and bar

2014 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pipe was taken off truck and the next one rolled off and hit employee in the mouth

Struck by rolling or sliding object

Shoveling in the tunnel and tried to break a frozen lump loose. It rolled down and struck his ankle.

2013 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

stepped onto rubber top deck screen that was slick from drizzling rain, employee slipped and fell.

2010 · 5 incidents

Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee reported that he had pain in his right arm. He said he did not recollect when or how he hurt it, but believed it happened while operating one of the quarry trucks.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Hooked up hose from lead pot to propane tank, turned it on and lit with striker. it popped in his face.

Unclassified, insufficient data

EE has a Dr who told him his back/neck problems result from working at quarry. No accident occurred and no accident report was filed with company. EE is still working, he has not been told by WC Dr not to work. He is doing physical therapy.

Struck by falling object

Installing beating roller using a come along, it slipped and fell on his hand.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE swinging hammer to knock out hoist cylindar and hurt shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

(DEATH - NATURAL CAUSES, BEFORE SHIFT STARTED) ILLNESS - BRAIN ANEURYSM, EXISTING CONDITION, HEALTH ISSUE - BEFORE WORK BEGAN. PLEASE REFER TO POLICE REPORT.