Mining Incidents

Diamond Slate Company: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dally Slate Company
Northampton County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600062

MSHA record for Diamond Slate Company (mine ID 3600062). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Diamond Slate Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Diamond Slate Company sits in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 315,927
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$86,687
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

Reportable incidents

20 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

February 14, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL PLACED HAND UNDER PIECE OF SLATE WHILE PLACING IT ONTO SAW TABLE AND A PIECE OF SLATE DROPPED ON LEFT HAND.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HOOK AND SLATE BLOCK

February 20, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN RUBBISH BOX AND FLOOR OF DUMP TRUCK.

1990 · 1 incident

March 21, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE DROPPED PIECE OF SLATE ON LEFT BIG TOE.

1989 · 3 incidents

August 2, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PLACING SLATE TILE ONTO MACHINE FOR FURTHER PROCESSING.

March 3, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Diamond Slate Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES PLACING SLATE BLOCK ONTO MACHINE AREA PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HOOK & SLATE BLOCK

February 24, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AND COVERING EQUIPMENT BEFORE QUITTING TIME (4:00 P.M.). ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING RUBBISH BOX AND FELL ON THIS EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

1987 · 2 incidents

1986 · 2 incidents

September 26, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by falling object

HOISTING CORE D9ILL DRUM AND CHAIN BROKE-DRUM FELL HITTING QUARRY FLOOR ROLLED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE.

March 12, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SLATE S7ONE ONTO TILE SAW & SPRAINED SHOULDER

1985 · 2 incidents

August 20, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Diamond Slate Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE CLAIMING SIILICOSIS-CONGESTION OF LUNGS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.

June 7, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DOING ROUTINE DUTIES LIFTING PIECE OF SLATE ONTO WORKING AREA OF MACHINE SPRAINED BACK LIFTING PC OF SLATE

1984 · 3 incidents

August 8, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Slate Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAINING SLATE BLOCK IN PIT AREA.LOST BALANCE AND JUMPED OVER EDGE OF BENCH FALLING 10\ INTO 3\ OF WATER.

February 13, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by falling object

DOING ROUTINE DUTIES AS A HOLEMAN EMPLOYEES HEARD ICE FALLING FROM SIDE OF PIT AREA PIECE OF ICE FELL HITTING EMP ARM

1983 · 4 incidents

December 13, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SPRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A PIECE OF SLATE

October 12, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HURT BACK WHEN PICKING UP PIECE OF SLATE

September 19, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Diamond Slate Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES - FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO LEFT EYE

March 15, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond Slate Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES-BARRING SLATE AND JARRED HIS BACK.