Mining Incidents

Amherst: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Emaral Corp · Surface
Controlled by Egerton Inc
Hampshire County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900298

MSHA record for Amherst (mine ID 1900298). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Construction Service 1950 to 1988
  2. Emaral Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Amherst sits in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · Population 156,595
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,391
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 11, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Construction Service · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CHANGING WELDING RODS-ROD FELL UNDERNEATH KNEE; BURNED RIGHT LEG-BOTTOM OF KNEE CAP (BLOOD POISONING).

1983 · 1 incident

July 20, 1983 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Construction Service · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER ON PAYLOADER TO DO MINOR REPAIR EMPLOYEE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND SWELLING