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Catskill Quarry Plant #51: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peckham Industries Inc
Greene County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000017

Catskill Quarry Plant #51 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Peckham Materials Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 16
1990 15
1989 12
1988 12
1987 11
1986 10
1985 10
1984 13
1983 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Catskill Quarry Plant #51 sits in Greene County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
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 file

1987 · 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

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

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.