Mining Incidents

Eaton Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Eyre Price Jr
Wyoming County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604079

MSHA record for Eaton Plant (mine ID 3604079). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING STEEL-I BEAM IN BUCKET OF LOADER WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GROUND HOLDING I-BEAM.

April 4, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE EE WAS LOOSENING ROCK IN A HOPPER HE WAS USING A RAKE TO PRY ROCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND FELL ON TO THE PLATFORM.

January 16, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JUMPING OFF THE VEHICLE, THE EMPLOYEE'S RING CAUGHT IN THE STEPS OF THE UNIT.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 5, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE PUSHING MATERIAL WITH THE FRONT LOADER THE EMPLOYEE HIT SOME HARD PAN CAUSING THE LOADER TO STOP ABRUPTLY. THIS WHIPPING MOTION UNJURED THE EMPLOYEE. A PREVIOUS NON-WORK RELATED INJURY I S A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

October 3, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE. WHILE LIFTING A SCREEN MUSCLE SPASMS DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK.

1988 · 6 incidents

September 15, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRANSPORTING A CRUSHER TOWARD HOPPER BEEN A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES HAND. THE FEED WAS TURNED OFF.

March 23, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING METAL SCREENS ON TO PLANT FELT PLLING BURNING IN MID SECTION OF BODY

March 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING SPLICING WIRE ON ELECTRICAL MOTOR WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FORE FINGER.

1987 · 1 incident

October 1, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING FRONT END LOADER (HOUGH 560), HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE, SPRAYING DEXTRON FLUID ON ENGINE, WHICH REPFARED TO CATCH ON FIRE. EMPLOYEE PUT OUT FIRE WITH 5LBS. EXTINGUISNER, AND WHILE CA LLING ON HIS RADIO FOR ASSISTANCE, APPARENTLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AT THAT TIME. HE WAS SPEAKING UP .

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