Mining Incidents

Blue Ball Stone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Fry R H
Lancaster County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600027

MSHA record for Blue Ball Stone Quarry (mine ID 3600027). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1986–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W L Bodey Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ONE LOCATION OF THE QUARRY TO ANOTHER WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER LOOSE SHOT ROCKS. THE FALL CAUSED HIM TO CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON A SHARP ROCK.

April 5, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W L Bodey Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TIGHTENING BOLT & SPRING TO STATIONARY JAW IN PRIMARY CRUSHER. BOLT BROKE & HIT VICTIM ON FOREHEAD INFLICTING TWO CUTS ON FOREHEAD.

1989 · 1 incident

January 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
W L Bodey Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

OXYGEN LINE ON OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH RUPTURED AND BURNED RIGHT FOREARM OF EMPL.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 9, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
W L Bodey Company Inc · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS A CUSTOMER. VICTIM, A REP. FROM A CUSTOMER, WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE AREA BY A STONE PROPELLED, BY A WHEEL OF A TEREX LOADER.

May 12, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W L Bodey Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THERE WAS WET MATERIAL IN THE CAGE MILL.THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE CAGE MILL,WHILE DOING THIS,THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS UPPER SHOULDER ON THE DOOR OF T HE CAGE MILL.

1987 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W L Bodey Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS PUTTING FUE5 IN THE LOADER & BUMPED KNEE.

February 9, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
W L Bodey Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SPRAYING3A CONVEYOR BELT BECAUSE IT WAS FROZEN. AS HE WAS SPRAYING THE BELT THE CAN GOT CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY WHEEL. AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE CAN OUT HIS HAND GOT BRUISED.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 8, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W L Bodey Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ONE BREAKER PLATE HE WAS TRYING TO PUT IT INTO THE BUCKET OF A LADER-TOWARDS ITS INSTALLATION IN A CAGE MILL

July 18, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
W L Bodey Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING ON A WATER PUMP, DISCONNECTED A WATER PIPE, BLOW OFF NUT, THUS RELEASED A SMALL JET OF HOT WATER. THE WATER WAS HOT PROB. 15 190 F DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE PUMP, WHICH THE EMPLOYEE W5S INVESTIGATING.

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