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County Crusher Portable Crusher: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Essex County-Ny
Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002337

MSHA record for County Crusher Portable Crusher (mine ID 3002337). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
41
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 41 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Essex County Department Of Public Works 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 4
2003 3
2002 0
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

County Crusher Portable Crusher sits in Essex County, New York, 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.
Essex County, New York · Population 37,077
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

July 13, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Essex County Department Of Public Works · Struck by flying object

WHILE STANDING ON THE CATWALK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER, WATCHING THE BELT A ROCK FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER JAWS HITTING AND CUTTING RIGHT EAR.

February 23, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Essex County Department Of Public Works · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WITH THE CRUSHER SHUT DOWN, THE OPERATOR TRIED TO DISLODGE A ROCK AND IN THE PROCESS PULLED HIS STOMACH AND CHEST MUSCLES.