Mining Incidents

Johnson Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Theodore Zoli
Warren County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002007

MSHA record for Johnson Pit (mine ID 3002007). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Torrington Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Johnson Pit sits in Warren County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Warren County, New York · Population 65,560
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$78,239
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

May 10, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Torrington Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING DISLODGE ROCK FROM JAW CRUSHER TURNING A PULLEY FINGER GOT CUAGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE