Mining Incidents

Lancaster Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Lancaster County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600170

MSHA record for Lancaster Quarry (mine ID 3600170). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Fall onto or against objects

DISCONNECTING WATER SUCTION HOSE FROM VACUUM TANK MOUNTED ON WATER TRUCK.WHILE DISCONNECTING HOSE,HIS FEET SLIPPED IN THE MUD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS INTO METAL CAGE .

June 5, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS ATEMPTING TO STOP THE ENGINE OF SKID STEER LOADER, WHEN THE BOOM DESCENDE, PINCHING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE BOOM AND SAFTEY CAGE. APPARENTLY THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED THE BOOM CON TROL CAUSING THE BOOM TO PINCH HIM. THE ACT UNSAFE IS THAT THE EMPLOYEE APPRANTLY EXITED THE MACHINE WITH ENGINE RUNNING THE BOOM RAISED, CREATING A HAZRD FOR ANYONE WHO TRIED TO REENTER.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 30, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A TIRE, TIRE STARTING TO FALL OUT OF EMPLOYEES GRASP, HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. IN DOING SO EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS GROIN AREA.

September 30, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A FRO3T END LOADER LOADING TRUCK & P LOADING HOPPER FOR BLACKTOP PLANT. LOADER HAD A LOOSE CENTER PIN WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER TO SHAKE. EE STATED THEIS INJURED HIS BACK.

1984 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS USING HAND SHOVEL TO SHOVEL STONE DUST FROM UNDER CONEYOR BELT IN PROCESS OF DOING SHOVELING HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 13, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Struck by falling object

JAW CRUSHER BECAME JAMMED.CRUSHER WAS STOPPED AND EMPL WAS IN CRUSHER TRYING TO DISLODGE JAMMED ROCKS WHEN A LOOSE ROCK FELL ON HIS FOOT .INJURED WAS WEARING HARD TOE SHOES.

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