EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THE LOADER ENGINE RANAWAY HE COULD NOT STOP IT SO HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OFF THE MACHINE HE HIT THE SHIFT LEVER WITH HIS LEG WHICH PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE GEAR CAUSING THE OPER ATOR TO FALL FO9WARD INTO BUCKET OF MACHINE
Catskill Quarry Plant #51: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Peckham Materials Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Peckham Industries Inc
Greene County,
NY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000017
MSHA record for Catskill Quarry Plant #51 (mine ID 3000017). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1985–1987
- Latest incident
- Sep 1987
Ownership history
- Peckham Materials Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Catskill Quarry Plant #51 sits in Greene County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Greene County, New York · Population 47,554
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,011
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1987 · 1 incident
September 11, 1987
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Peckham Materials Corp · Fall from machine
1986 · 1 incident
April 25, 1986
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peckham Materials Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
WHILE STEPPING 0ROM SCAFFOLDING TO STEEL STRUCTURE UNDER THE GRIZZLY FEEDER SLIPPED A FELL APPROX. 12' TO GROUND.
1985 · 1 incident
April 5, 1985
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peckham Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE A STONE FROM PRIMARY CRUSHER THE STONE MOVED AND PRY BAR HIT HIM BEHIND RIGHT EAR.