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Bound Brook Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Gaf Corp · Surface
Controlled by Specialty Granules LLC
Somerset County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800962

MSHA record for Bound Brook Plant (mine ID 2800962). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Gaf Corp 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bound Brook Plant 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

4 on file

1987 · 1 incident

February 12, 1987 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gaf Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN THE HILL FROM THE SETTLING DIKE AREA WHEN HIS MOMENTUM CARRIED HIM FORWARD TOO FAST. HE LOST HIS BALANCE IN A FROZEN RUT AND FELL. EMP RECEIVED FIRST AID AT THE TIME HOWE EVER HE COMPLAI3ED OF ADDITIONAL PAIN SEVERAL WEEKS LATER AND SAW AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST 03 30 AN ARTHOGRAM HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 9 AND A DIAGNOSIS IS STILL PENDING

1986 · 1 incident

September 2, 1986 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gaf Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS REMOVI3G OLD SCREEN CLOTH SECTIONS FROM THE MILL WITH A BOBCAT LOADER, ONE OF THE SCREEN SECTIONS FELL AND STRUCK HIS ANKLE. FIRST AID WAS GIVEN AT THE TIME HOWEVER A WEEK LATER THE A NKLE BECAME SWO5LEN AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY DR ON9-9-86 FOR TREATMENT OF INFECTION

1985 · 1 incident

July 15, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gaf Corp · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN LADDER WHICH WAS PLACED TEMPORAIRLY IN ELEVATOR PIT. WHILE HE WAS ON THE LADDER THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL APPROX. 5\ LANDING ON H IS RIGHT FOOT. HE FELL ON PILE OF GRANULSA AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1983 · 1 incident

July 18, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gaf Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON THE STAY-NUT FOR ROLLS TAKE-UP ADJUSTMENT. HE WAS USING A BREAKER BAR WITH A SOCKET AND AN EXTENSION PIPE ON THE END. THE RELEASE PIN HOLDING THE SOCKET ONTO BA R WAS JAMMED SO WHEN FORCE WAS APPLIED BREAKER BAR SLIPPED OUT OF SOCKET RESULTING IN MAN\S FINGER BEING COMPRESSED BETWEEN PIPE AND GUARD ON FRONT OF LIFT-TRUCK ON WHICH HIS WORKING PLATFORM