Mining Incidents

Linden Quarry: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Fauquier County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404730

MSHA record for Linden Quarry (mine ID 4404730). 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
1985–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Moore Brothers Company Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Sanders Quarry Inc 1979 to 1987
  3. Vulcan Materials Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Linden Quarry sits in Fauquier County, Virginia, 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.
Fauquier County, Virginia · Population 73,935
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$129,495
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

1987 · 2 incidents

October 28, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PIN I.NAME CLEAN OUT CLOGGED CHUTS THAT FED CONVEYOR GOING TO THE SYNTRON FEEDER BIN WHEN COMING DOWN STEP LADDER SLIPPED ON ASTEP & FELL APPROX.2 FT.FROM THE GROUND ON HER B ACK 3

October 21, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM UPPERLEVEL OF PLANT WHERE THE TRUCKS DUMP INTO FEEDER TO JAW TO THE FLOOR LEVEL OF CRUSHING PLANT HE SLIPPED AND FELL IT HAD RAINED THAT MORNING BEFORE SHIFT STARTED THE PATH WAS 4ET BUT NOT SLICK HIS SOLE ON SHOE HAD COME LOOSE ABOUT HALF WAY BACK

1986 · 1 incident

July 15, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

T RAMMING DOWN 10% GRADE IN CAT 950 FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL & JUMED FROM EQUIPMENT

1985 · 1 incident

December 3, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Sanders Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

AN OVERSIZE ROC5 HUNG UP IN MOUTH OF 5 1/2 CRUSHER CAUSING ROCK TO BACK UP IN SHOOT FEEDING CRUSHER. I.NAME STUCK HIS HAND INTO CRUSHER TO TAKE ROCKS OUT OF IT - ANOTHER ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER HE WAS T2LD NOT TO PUT HIS HAND IN CUSHER JUST BEFORE ACCIDENT