Mining Incidents

Hale & Gotta Quarries: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Feldspar Corp · Surface
Middlesex County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600162

Hale & Gotta Quarries has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Feldspar Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 1
1990 1
1989 1
1988 1
1987 1
1986 1
1985 1
1984 2
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 15, 1986 CT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Feldspar Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO START PONY ENGIN ON D6 DOZER AND IN SO DOING THE PULLEY ON THE PONY ENGIN KICKED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS IN V-BELT DRIVE.

1985 · 1 incident

March 21, 1985 CT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feldspar Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE TRACK ON A D-6DOZER AND THE SOCKET WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND CAUGHT HIS FITH FINGER NAILRESULTING IN LACERATION.