Mining Incidents

Williams & Sons Slate & Tile: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Northampton County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605643

Williams & Sons Slate & Tile has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 16
1991 15
1990 17
1989 17
1988 18
1987 17
1986 16
1985 24
1984 22
1983 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Williams & Sons Slate & Tile sits in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 315,927
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$86,687
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1991 · 1 incident

June 18, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING SLATE WITH WOODEN WEDGES.CUT HIS WRIST ON A PIECE OF SLATE REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.

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1990 · 1 incident

April 4, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS USING GRAPPLING HOOKS ON CRANE TO MOVE PIECE OF SLATE. HE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF SLATE INJURING LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

1989 · 1 incident

March 22, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DREWSSING ROOFING SLATE TO SPECIFIED SIZES, WHEN HE CUT HIS LFT HAND RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON ROTARY BLADE DRESSING MACHINE.

1986 · 3 incidents

March 7, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HANDLING S5ATE TILE.SMALL SLIVER OF SLATE PIERCED GLOVED HAND.

1983 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal wireman, communications man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SPLICING WIRE SAW WIRE IT TWISTED AND PINCHED THE SMALL AND SECOND FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND.

August 23, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN OVER A SLATE STONE WHEN THE HOOKS SLIPPED OFF. THE BLOCK FELL BACK STRIKING FOOT BEHIND THE TOES EE WAS WEARING STEEL TIP SHOES.

August 12, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Williams & Sons Slate & Tile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RAISING STONE WITH STEEL PINCH BAR,CORNER BREOKEOFF STONE ALLOWING BAR TO COME BACK AGAINST THUMB OF LEFT HAND.FORCED WRIST TO TWIST CAUSING BREAK.