Mining Incidents

POCONO INDUSTRIES INC.Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Scott Slater
Snydersville, Monroe County, PA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3604294
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2002–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee bumped right knee on metal steps while climbing up getting into truck.

2008 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted blocking.

Struck by flying object

Employee was cleaning out a rock jam in feeder hopper and a rock came out and hit him on his left knee.

2007 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee hurt back and neck operating loader.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was cleaning under a screen using a long tee bar and accidently touched the driver hub which caused back or reverse pressure and injured his second and third fingers.

2006 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee slipped and fell backwards while opening hood on dump truck.

Struck against a moving object

While operating a front end loader the bouncing aggravated a prior illness in his neck area.

2005 · 1 incident

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

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3/4"" RATCHET AND SOCKET TO TIGHTEN WHEEL LUGS ON A DUMP TRUCK AND THE SOCKET WRENCH SLIPPED LOOSE AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE BAR AND THE GROUND.

2003 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

WHILE REMOVING SAND FROM UNDER CONVEYOR STRUCTURE UPRIGHTS, THE WEIGHT OF FROZEN SAND CAUSED ONEOF THE LEG STANDS TO BEND DOWN WHICH IN TURN PULLED PART OF THE CONVEYOR DOWN ALSO. NO CONTACT W ITH FRONT END LOADER.

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE PULLED LEVER ON 1B BIN CLAM GATE AND WRENCHED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 4/25/03. HE IS NOW ON WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION.

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO HANGING ROCK CHUTE AND CUT HIS HEAD.