Mining Incidents

Friedensville Lime Plant #142: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Lehigh County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602627

MSHA record for Friedensville Lime Plant #142 (mine ID 3602627). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. New Jersey Zinc Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Eastern Industries Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Friedensville Lime Plant #142 sits in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania · Population 375,408
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,493
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1983 · 14 incidents

August 9, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Jersey Zinc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING JAMMED ROCKS IN THE CHUTE OF A SURFACE SOME ROCKS BROKE LOOSE AND THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO COME UPWARD STRIKING THE EMPP JAW AND FRACTURING IT

August 9, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Jersey Zinc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SCALING A BACK FROM A ROOF BOLT JUMBO BASKET, THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.

August 8, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
New Jersey Zinc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE TRIED TO KICK A DRILL STEEL COUPLING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH A TIRE ON A JUMBO WHILE IT WAS MOVING. THE WHEEL PASSED OVER HIS FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY.

August 3, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Jersey Zinc Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAT DOWN ALONGSIDE A RIB TO EAT HIS LUNCH. WHILE EATING, A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK HITTING HIS FOOT AND INJURING IT.

June 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Jersey Zinc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT A BULL HOSE ON TO THE HOSE RACK BY HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING THE HOSE

June 20, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Jersey Zinc Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING IN THE 350 LEVEL CROSS-CUT THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE

May 18, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
New Jersey Zinc Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK THE MAN IN THE LEFT EYE.

May 4, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Jersey Zinc Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE REPOSITIONING A DRILL MACHINE THE EE LIFTED THE MACHINE INSTEAD OF USING A MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR LIFTING, CAUSING A STRAIN OF T H E BACK.

April 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Jersey Zinc Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PC OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SHIN

April 14, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Jersey Zinc Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CARRY A DRILL HAMMER FROM #4 SCOOP TO J-3 WHEN THEY BENT OVER TO SET IT ON THE SADDLE THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA

March 27, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Jersey Zinc Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LEAVING UNDERGROUND STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED IN GULLY CAUSING TWIST LEFT FOOT.

March 18, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Jersey Zinc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING FROM THE BASKET OF THE ROOF BOLT JUMBO WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FELL ONTO HIS PRY BAR THIS FORCED THE PRY BAR DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOREARM WHICH WAS MOMENTARILY CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE BASKET RAILING