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.
Blue Ball Stone Quarry: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
W L Bodey Company Inc
· Surface
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
Ownership history
- Blue Ball Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1985
- W L Bodey Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Blue Ball Stone Quarry sits in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.Lancaster County, Pennsylvania · Population 555,151
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,703
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1990 · 2 incidents
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
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.