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

Sussex County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800969

Lime Crest Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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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.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 19
1988 19
1987 20
1986 26
1985 30
1984 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.