Mining Incidents

Main Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Hoover
Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604780

MSHA record for Main Plant (mine ID 3604780). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

November 29, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CONVEYOR WALKED ON IS USED AS A WAKWAY WAS WALKING UP HANDRAILED CONVEYOR TO HEADPULLY & LOST FOOTING ON JUST ST ARTED WET SNOW HADHAMMER IN HAND & UPON FALLING THE HAMMER GOT SUCKED IN ALONG WITH HAND IN OGS CONVEYOR HEADPIECE WHICH WAS LOCATED BESIDE THE CONVEYOR WALKWAY HE WAS ON

July 18, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBED OFF CONVEYOR STARTED WALKING ON GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE ON A STONE OR SMALL PILE OF DIRT.

April 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING FORKS HAD LIFTED UP ON FORK AT END WITH RIGHT HAND USING LEFT TO PUSH FORK OVER FORK SLIPPED OUT OF RIGHT HAND & MOVED DOWNWARD CATCHING LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN FORK & FORK FRAME .

March 2, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING CHANNEL ON BEAMS LIFTED WELDING HELMET WIND BLEW HOT SLAG ON RIGHT EYE

1989 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE OFF A PIECE OF INDIAN CONRETE WITH SLEDGE AND BAR, A PIECE OF STEEL FROM BAR CHIPPED OFF BAR AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.

March 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING HAND GRINDER WAS GR8INDING HEAD PIECE FOR SHAFT IT STARTED TO FALL & GRABBED HOLD OF SHAFT & CAUGHT THUMB ON GRINDER.

1988 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TIGHTENING TRACK ON HD 21. WAS HOLDING ON A BAR TIGHTENING A TRACK ON THE HD21 DOZER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG.

April 30, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON A TAILPULLEY, A SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

1987 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

April 10, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF STEEL THE STEEL STARTED TO FALL & THE PATIENT REACHED FOR THE STEEL BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND.

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