Mining Incidents

Silver Hill QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

H&K Group, Inc. · Surface
Narvon, Lancaster County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3605616
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE shoveled the belt and hurt upper, left arm.

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

EE used a push bar to clear a jam and got right, ring finger caught between the bar and a metal plate.

2023 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE opened a door handle that snapped and cut EE's left hand.

Struck against stationary object

EE struck right knee on a piece of angle iron.

2022 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EE struck EE's left elbow on the carousel.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Picked up grating and twisted wrong and sprained left knee.

2020 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE lifted a rock

2018 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE picked up a rock and strained back

2017 · 1 incident

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking and knee buckled

2016 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pushing tube in hole and felt pain in elbow. Did not go for medical treatment until 12/28/16

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

air chisel tip broke and embedded in left shin

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carrying a piece of wood w/another employee. The other employee dropped wood and it hit employee in the knee twisting EE's knee.

2012 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lost footing on rocks and strained knee

Struck against a moving object

EE jarred back when operating loader and struck a rock.

2009 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted right knee while climbing over rock at quarry.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted right knee while working on a truck.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee turned to walk back to personal vehicle and turned into front portion of rock truck injuring left shoulder.

2005 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE was stepping away from conveyor support system when a rock rolled off of running conveyor belt and fell, striking EE on left front corner of hard hat. Rock rolled off hard hat & struck face below nose. Injury consists of split upper & lower lips (6 stitches), cracked mandible below nose and 3 cracked teeth. No concussion or loss of consiousness.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Emp was loosening bolts on crusher and while pulling breaker bar, he felt pain in groin area.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING STONE FROM CONVEYOR BELT, FELT TWINGE IN STOMACH. (HERNIA SURGICALLY REPAIRED ON 2/15/05.)

2004 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOING UP LADDER OF LOADER PULLED SOMETHING IN SHOULDER.

Struck by falling object

Walking out of tunnel, rock fell from the belt above.

2003 · 1 incident

Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TWO NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTERS IN EXISTING PANEL BOX. TURNED BREAKER OFF TO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE CIRCUIT HE WAS WORKING ON. IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT BREAKER. CAME IN C ONTACT WITH HOT WIRES CAUSING A FLASH.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT. PUTTING NEW CLIPS IN BELT, HAND SLIPPED CUT HAND ON OLD CLIP.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OEPRATING LOADER EMPLOYEE BEGAN FEELING TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN FEET AN DLEGS AND LOWER BACK. PAIN GOT WORSE DURING REST OF DAY.