Grays Ferry Brick Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING BLOCKS BETWEEN TOP OF JACK AND MOULD FRAME CAUSING JACK TO TWIST AND POP OUT OF PLACE.
Iona Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Grays Ferry Brick Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Roy J McMindes
Gloucester County,
NJ
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800517
MSHA record for Iona Plant (mine ID 2800517). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1985–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
Ownership history
- Grays Ferry Brick Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Iona Plant sits in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Gloucester County, New Jersey · Population 304,504
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,807
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1988 · 2 incidents
August 9, 1988
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grays Ferry Brick Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE ATTEMTPED TO SEPERATE AND MOVE CARS (KILN CARS) AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN KILN CAR AND PRY BAR RESULTING IN SPLINING OPEN SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
1985 · 3 incidents
October 3, 1985
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Grays Ferry Brick Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED HIS HAND ON TRACK OF RIB ROCKING FEED WHILE GETTING UP. OTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED LOAD CART OVER FINGER.
August 26, 1985
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grays Ferry Brick Company · Struck against stationary object
EMP WAS USING PRY BAR TO MOVE KILN CAR TRACKS - PRY BAR SLIPPED EMPLOYEES HAND STRUCK EDGE OF KILN DOOR. CUT RING FINGER & BROKE BONE ON RIGHT HAND
April 12, 1985
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Grays Ferry Brick Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMP GRABBED MOVING CHAIN DRIVE ON END CHIPPER WITH GLOVED HAND THUS PULLING HAND INTO SPROCKET CUTS ON FINGERS RT HAND REQUIRED 3 STITCHES