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H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Franco Howard Jr
Ulster County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002314

H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 4
1989 5
1988 6
1987 5
1986 5
1985 6
1984 5
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc sits in Ulster County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Ulster County, New York · Population 182,109
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$81,804
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

April 11, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ. PERSON WAS HOLDING UP BUCKET PIN WITH A BOARD, AS PIN WAS DRIVEN BOARD WAS STRUCK BY HAMMER WHICH DROVE BOARD AGAINST PERSONS THUMB, LEFT, WHICH WAS THEREFORE PINNED BETWEEN BOARD AND P IN BOSS ON BUCKET.

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1987 · 1 incident

July 28, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
H Franco & Sons Sand & Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPL HOISTING D2WN SECTION OF SCREEN CLOTH WHEN SCREEN HUNG UP ON RAILING.HE THEN SHOOK CABLE WITH RIGHT HAND AND LOAD RELEASED THEREBY CAUSING HAND TO ENTER BLOCK PULLEY.