Mining Incidents

Bernardsville Quarry Incorporated: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary A Mahan
Somerset County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800029

MSHA record for Bernardsville Quarry Incorporated (mine ID 2800029). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Anthony Ferrante & Sons Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Bernardsville Quarry Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bernardsville Quarry Incorporated sits in Somerset County, New Jersey, 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.
Somerset County, New Jersey · Population 346,203
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$135,960
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

December 29, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BREAKING UP FROZEN MATERIAL WITH JACKHAMMER HAMMER BROKE THROUGH & DROPPED QUICKLY WITH EMPL HOLDING ONTO IT.

July 20, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EE BELIEVED HE HAD TURNED OFF EE BELIEVED HE HAD TURNED OFF 440 VOLT POWER TO 7 FT CRUSHER STARTER WHEN HE TURNED THE CABINET HANDLE TO SWITCH OFF THE 800 AMP BREAKER. HE ENTERED CABINET UNCOV ERED AND CHECKED THE MISALIGNED CONTACTS. AS HE CLOSED THE CONTACTS THE ELECTRICITY ARCED BETWEEN THE CONTACTS AND FLAHSED.

April 3, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN METAL CHUTE IN DAMP WEATHER WEARING RAINJACKET WHILE WELDING. WHEN PLACING ROD INTO HOLDER, RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHICH EXITED HIS BODY AT THIGHS, BUTTOCKS AND LOW ER BACK WHICH WERE CONTACTED WITH CHUTE.

January 19, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING ON ASPHALT ELEVATOR FROAMES WHEN HE GOT PC OF STEEL IN R. EYE.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON C#7 BELT PULLING A PIECE OF STEEL OUT OF THE CHUTE AND THE BELT STARTED HE SPRAINED ANKLE TRYING TO GET OFF BELT

July 5, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bernardsville Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS RUNNING BOBCAT. HE HIT POTHOLE & MACHINE STARTED ROCKING. EMPL PUT HIS HAND ON ROLLCAGE TO HANG ON. BOOM CAME DOWN & HIT HAND.

1984 · 1 incident

June 20, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FIRE
Anthony Ferrante & Sons Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES ON #100 PAYHAULER WHILE BRING STONE TO PRIMARY CRUSHER.

1983 · 1 incident

April 18, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Anthony Ferrante & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING BY PAYHAULER AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PAYHAULER AND WALL.