Mining Incidents

Bear Gap Stone DivisionMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by William E Corson
Elysburg, Northumberland County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600797
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

Unclassified, insufficient data

Indiv. backed over a berm on a slightly elevated surge pile. Approx. 4 ft, the cat 769 c haul truck turned over on the passenger side.

2008 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Individual was working on #3 conveyor, failed to lock-out and the operator inadvertently turned the belt on pinning the employee between head pulley and stone-box. Result: damaged colon requiring surgery to repair.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual was tasked to remove one section of the link belt crane boom. Individual failed to use proper cribbing, failed to lower boom to ground level, failed to disconnect bridal cable and became injured while working under unsupported crane boom.