Mining Incidents

Lee Quarry And Mill: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Lee Marble Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ferrara Domenico
Berkshire County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900399

MSHA record for Lee Quarry And Mill (mine ID 1900399). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Lee Marble Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lee Quarry And Mill sits in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 128,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,565
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1986 MA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Lee Marble Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING 8TEEL IN HAMMER REACHED & GRABBED FEED LEVER OF ROTATION LEVER PINCHING WRIST BETWEEN HAMMER & STEEL.

February 19, 1986 MA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lee Marble Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLIMING 8OWN THE LATHER &ON THE LAST STEPS HIS LEG WENT BETWEEN THE STEPS& FELL FORWARDS.

1985 · 2 incidents

August 26, 1985 MA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Lee Marble Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL JACKHAMMERING IN CORNER AND PINCHED HIS HADND BETWEEN JACKHAMMER HANDLE AND WALL SPRAINING WRIST.

July 2, 1985 MA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Lee Marble Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP HAD JUST SET UP LINE DRILL AND TURNED ON AIR TO DRILL. HE BENT DOWN TO ADJUST DUST BLOW LINE, FEED VALVE POPPED OUT CAUSING DRILL TO FLIP OVER KNOCKING HIM OVER BRUISING HIS KNEE AND SMALL CUTS