Mining Incidents

DALLY #2 - QUARRY & MILLSMetal/Nonmetal

Penn Slate · Surface
Controlled by William T HIll
Pen Argyl, Northampton County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608597
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was struck on the head by an object and received a laceration that required sutures.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee loading slate rubbish onto truck.

2008 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EE was restarting a motor and the motor arced. When the EE reacted, he hit his forehead on a pallet that was leaning against an upright, approx 4' from the starter.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN BARRING STONE - BAR SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE.

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES.

2002 · 4 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE INJURING HIS WRIST.

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

EE PUTTING RUBBISH BOX ON TO RUBBISH TRUCK-PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN BOX AND SIDE OF TRUCK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP PIECE OF SLATE RUBBISH.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ON CATWALK, CAUGHT HAND IN ROLLERS OF HOIST.

2001 · 11 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

BARRING SLATE BLOCK-BLOCK BROKE-EE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING PIECE OF SLATE INTO RUBBISH BOX, IT SLIPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEG.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING 36"" BLADE ON HIS MACHINE. STEPPED ON CONCRETE SAW BED & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

Struck by falling object

WORK CREW IN THE PIT WERE MOVING A QUARRY SAW WHEN THE ARM OF THE SAW STRUCK THE HIGWALL CAUSINGA PIECE OF SLATE ~10' X 8"" X 4"" TO DISLODGE. IT FELL AND GLANCED OF THE HARD HAT OF THE INJURED WORKER, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER, BREAKING THE SCAPULAL BONE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE TRIPPED AND LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE PUSHED STONE ONTO WORK TABLE.

Struck against stationary object

EE CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF SLATE RUBBISH.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES, SLIPPED IN MUD.

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

LIFTING STONE FROM MACHINE ONTO PALLET - STONE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SLATE BLOCK ONOT PLANER TABLE

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTING SLATE STONE & PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

2000 · 8 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN SECTION OF QUARRY FLOOT TWISTED HIS ANKLE

Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING CROW BAR TO LIFT STONE, BAR BROKE & EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP A PIECE OF SLATE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION. EE REPORTED CONDITION ON 10-9-00 DID NOT HAVE SURGERY UNTIL 12-11-00 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOWERING PC OF SLATE ONTO SAW TABLE.

Struck against stationary object

JAMMED FINGER INTO SLATE BLOCK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

ROUTINE DUTIES--LIFTING EE DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING UP SLATE RUBBISH, EMPLOYEE CAUGHTHIS FINGER.