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Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Incorpora: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rombough Allan
Morris County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800483

MSHA record for Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Incorpora (mine ID 2800483). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Berkshire Sand & Stone Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Incorpora sits in Morris County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 510,375
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$134,929
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 13, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WALKING BACK FROM JOCIALIZING WITH ANOTHER TRUCK DRIVER WAITING TO BE SLOW IN STOCKPILE DREW.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Berkshire Sand & Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROAD SWERVES BAD

1986 · 1 incident

June 19, 1986 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Berkshire Sand & Stone Inc · Contact with electrical current

SHORT UNDERGROU3D ELECTRIC PIPE. RECEIVED SHOCK FROM PIPE.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 24, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING A ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM PICKUP TRUCK IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE HANDS OF OTHER EMPLOYEE AND FELL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING THE SMALL TOE ON THE LEFT FOOT.

February 13, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

SMALL PATCH OF WET WOOD ON CATWALK.MAN WALKING DOWN CATWALK SLIPPED ON WET WOOD AND FELL TO CATWALK BREAKING RIGHT ANKLE.

1984 · 1 incident