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Lime Crest Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Sussex County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800969

MSHA record for Lime Crest Quarry (mine ID 2800969). 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
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Lime Crest Mining Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lime Crest Quarry sits in Sussex County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 145,117
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$114,316
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 17, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lime Crest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL REPAIRING CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY.WHEN EMPL AND CO-WORKER LIFTED PULLEY FOR POSITIONING,IT ROTATED ON SHAFT AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN PULLEY AND H-BEAM SUPPORT.WORKERS HADNT COORDINATED H AND PLACEMENTS RESULTING IN BEARING AND SHAFT TURNING UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN EMPLS LIFTED PULLEY.