Fall from machine
EE WAS REPAIRING BELT. CLIMBING DOWN OFF BELT, EE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE.
CHESTNUT RIDGE SANDMetal/Nonmetal
Controlled by John B Haines IV; John R Kibblehouse
Kinkletown, Monroe County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608120
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Oct 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file2004 · 1 incident
2003 · 4 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SITE CLEARING, PUSHING TREES ONTO PILE. LARGE STUMP AND LOG ROLLED POST SIDE OF BUCKET AND FELL BACKWARDS. LOG END CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD GLASS, GLASS CAME IN ON OPERATOR.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GETTING INTO TRACK HOE, SLIPPED ON STEP GETTING INTO MACHINE.
Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT VIBRATIONS IN PUMP. HE PUT ONE HAND ON ELECTRIC VALVE & THE OTHER HAND ON DISCHARGE PIPE.
Fall from machine
WORKING ON SEPTIC CONVEYOR. STANDING ON BELT INSTEAD OF LADDER, SLIPPED FELL ABOUT 5'.
2000 · 4 incidents
Struck by falling object
GREASING BEARINGS ON CRUSHING PLANT, WORKING DOWN CATWALK, BECAUSE OF FREEZING WEATHER AND RAIN HAD SOME BUILD UP ON CATWALK WALKED INTO STEEL PLATE.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
CLEANING OFF BELT, GOT OFF BELT WALKING TO ANOTHER SPOT AND SLIPPED ON ICE.
Fall from machine
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF DOUBLE SCREW TO LADDER HAD HAND ON PIECE OF PIPE. PIPE BROKE AND HE FELL TO GROUND ABOUT 15'.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING FROZEN LUMPS FROM TUNNEL BELT GOT TO CLOSE TO MAGNET RIGHT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN MAGNET AND FROZEN CLUMPS OF SAND.