Mining Incidents

Central Valley Aggregates Whiterock Plan: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel R Hawbaker
Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600152

MSHA record for Central Valley Aggregates Whiterock Plan (mine ID 3600152). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1950 to 1983
  2. Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Central Valley Aggregates Whiterock Plan sits in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 10, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glenn O Hawbaker Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAMES OCCUPAT3ON WITH THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS THAT OF AN EQUIPMENT MECHANIC AT OUR WHITEROCK TRA OPERATIONS I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PITMAN ARM OFF OF ONE OF OUR TRUCKTRACTORS HE WA S USING A COLD 7HISEL TO REMOVE THE PART UPON STRIKING THE CHISEL WITH A HAMMER THE FORCE DEFLECTED THE CHISEL BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICLE INTO I.NAMES UPPER CHIN AND LOWER LIP