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
Friedensville Lime Plant #142: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
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
- New Jersey Zinc Company 1950 to 1986
- Eastern Industries Inc 1986 to present
Friedensville Lime Plant #142 sits in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Reportable incidents
14 on file1983 · 14 incidents
WHILE SCALING A BACK FROM A ROOF BOLT JUMBO BASKET, THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
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.
EMPLOYEE SAT DOWN ALONGSIDE A RIB TO EAT HIS LUNCH. WHILE EATING, A ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK HITTING HIS FOOT AND INJURING IT.
EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT A BULL HOSE ON TO THE HOSE RACK BY HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING THE HOSE
WHILE WALKING IN THE 350 LEVEL CROSS-CUT THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE
WHILE TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK THE MAN IN THE LEFT EYE.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PC OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SHIN
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
WALKING DOWN INCLINE -SLIPPED AND SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT.
EMP WAS WALKING DOWN DECLINE TO START HIS SHIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOOSE PIECE OF MUCK AND TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
LEAVING UNDERGROUND STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED IN GULLY CAUSING TWIST LEFT FOOT.
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