Ashland Sand & Stone Company · Struck by falling object
DRILLER WAS CHA3GING A DRILL STEEL AND THE CHAIN SECURING THE HAMMER BROKE ALLOWING THE HAMMER TO FALL FREELY ONTO THE DRILLER. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED MINOR NECK AND SHOULDER DAMAGE.
Ashland Sand & Stone: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Ashland Sand & Stone Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Fafard H A & Sons Construction Inc
Middlesex County,
MA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900281
MSHA record for Ashland Sand & Stone (mine ID 1900281). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Nov 1986
Ownership history
- Ashland Sand & Concrete Company Inc 1950 to 1985
- Rosenfeld Concrete Corp 1985 to 1986
- Ashland Sand & Stone Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Ashland Sand & Stone sits in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 1,622,896
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$126,779
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.