FALLING ICE FROM QUARRY WALL STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
Diamond Slate Company: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal
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
- Diamond Slate Company 1950 to present
Diamond Slate Company sits in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
20 on file (excluding fatalities above)1992 · 1 incident
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
EMPL PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HOOK AND SLATE BLOCK
EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN RUBBISH BOX AND FLOOR OF DUMP TRUCK.
1990 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE DROPPED PIECE OF SLATE ON LEFT BIG TOE.
1989 · 3 incidents
PLACING SLATE TILE ONTO MACHINE FOR FURTHER PROCESSING.
WHILE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES PLACING SLATE BLOCK ONTO MACHINE AREA PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HOOK & SLATE BLOCK
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
ROUTINE DUTIES 6ROKE HIMSELF FROM FALLING AND INJURED RT SHOULDER
WHILE DOING ROU7INE DUTIES AS A HOLEMAN--PIECE OF SLATE HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
1986 · 2 incidents
HOISTING CORE D9ILL DRUM AND CHAIN BROKE-DRUM FELL HITTING QUARRY FLOOR ROLLED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE.
LIFTING SLATE S7ONE ONTO TILE SAW & SPRAINED SHOULDER
1985 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE CLAIMING SIILICOSIS-CONGESTION OF LUNGS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.
DOING ROUTINE DUTIES LIFTING PIECE OF SLATE ONTO WORKING AREA OF MACHINE SPRAINED BACK LIFTING PC OF SLATE
1984 · 3 incidents
DOING ROUTINE DUTIES AND HEARD SLATE RUBBISH FALLING RAN AND FELL INJURING SHOULDER.
CHAINING SLATE BLOCK IN PIT AREA.LOST BALANCE AND JUMPED OVER EDGE OF BENCH FALLING 10\ INTO 3\ OF WATER.
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
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE SPRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A PIECE OF SLATE
EMPLOYEE HURT BACK WHEN PICKING UP PIECE OF SLATE
EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES - FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO LEFT EYE
EMPLOYEE DOING ROUTINE DUTIES-BARRING SLATE AND JARRED HIS BACK.