Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
When trying to use cable winch on D-6 bulldozer, thought the operator saw them when they approached winch to unhook winch cable hook.
LAUREL SAND AND STONE INC. Coal
LAUREL SAND & STONE INC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward J Ratay Jr
MUNDYS CORNER,
Cambria County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609122
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 2005–2020
- Latest incident
- Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
69
citations
21
significant & substantial
$8,442
proposed penalties
$8,364
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,379 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,759 | 1 | 0 | 128.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,856 | 1 | 0 | 127.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 6,507 | 1 | 0 | 153.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,242 | 2 | 0 | 320.4 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file2020 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
March 29, 2018
PA · Coal
utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Changing return roller with hammer. Glove got caught in roller taking hand against conveyor belt. Very muddy.
2017 · 2 incidents
February 16, 2017
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Snow on ground, slip & fall
January 4, 2017
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Hurt back prying frozen material (2a) with long pry bar off of screen (position of body down on one knee).
2016 · 1 incident
April 4, 2016
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine
Was in the process unloading D-11 Blade off of flat bed trailer. EE was hooking up chain hook on eye in dozer blade step off of dozer mount onto trailer and fell to ground.
2014 · 2 incidents
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Slip when climbing.
August 18, 2014
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Lifting bucket of stone pulling neck
2012 · 2 incidents
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While greasing D II ripper ee step from ripper to track and twisted left knee.
March 8, 2012
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Miner stepped over guarding to dislodge rock stuck in control door and got foot caught between running head roller and scraper resulting injuries to left foot
2008 · 2 incidents
July 29, 2008
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Struck against a moving object
Backing up dozer, ran over wind-row of dirt & jolted body, injuring neck.
July 23, 2008
PA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine
Slipped and fell going up ladder on 769C rock truck.
2007 · 2 incidents
May 22, 2007
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Multiplier ratchet slipped off of roller pinching finger between roller & multipler (work on dozers).
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Was grinding at face level. Grinder caught & kicked out of my hands hitting my face.
2006 · 2 incidents
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Flash burns (welding)
Welding Flash
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Struck by falling object
Cleaning out rock jam on crusher, rock fell off another and smashed finger.
2005 · 1 incident
December 6, 2005
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine
Slip off step on loader onto ground broke bowe in hand.