Employee disregarded lock out tag safety training and climbed into a hopper without de-energizing equipment and without notifying other workers in the area. Loader operator had no way of knowing that anyone would be inside the hopper with the feeder belt running. Employee in the hopper was buried and crushed when loader operator dumped 18 tons of stone into hopper
Sewickley MineMetal/Nonmetal
Neiswonger Construction Inc · Surface
Controlled by Clyde Holding Inc
Avonmore, Indiana County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609542
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2021–2023
- Latest incident
- Sep 2023
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedStruck by falling object
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2023 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Employee was lying down underneath chute of stationary crusher attempting to dislodge limestone that was stuck. rock was dislodge and additional rock that employee did not see also fell striking EE in the right portion of EE's forehead
2021 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
Employee noticed conveyor belt was slipping and ran to the disconnect switch and EE stumbled while pulling the disconnect arm. EE's glove got caught on the disconnect arm as EE fell causing a strain on EE's right shoulder & bicep.