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Main Plant: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Hoover
Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604780

MSHA record for Main Plant (mine ID 3604780). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Main Plant sits in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

November 29, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CONVEYOR WALKED ON IS USED AS A WAKWAY WAS WALKING UP HANDRAILED CONVEYOR TO HEADPULLY & LOST FOOTING ON JUST ST ARTED WET SNOW HADHAMMER IN HAND & UPON FALLING THE HAMMER GOT SUCKED IN ALONG WITH HAND IN OGS CONVEYOR HEADPIECE WHICH WAS LOCATED BESIDE THE CONVEYOR WALKWAY HE WAS ON

July 18, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBED OFF CONVEYOR STARTED WALKING ON GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE ON A STONE OR SMALL PILE OF DIRT.

April 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING FORKS HAD LIFTED UP ON FORK AT END WITH RIGHT HAND USING LEFT TO PUSH FORK OVER FORK SLIPPED OUT OF RIGHT HAND & MOVED DOWNWARD CATCHING LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN FORK & FORK FRAME .

March 2, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING CHANNEL ON BEAMS LIFTED WELDING HELMET WIND BLEW HOT SLAG ON RIGHT EYE

1989 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE OFF A PIECE OF INDIAN CONRETE WITH SLEDGE AND BAR, A PIECE OF STEEL FROM BAR CHIPPED OFF BAR AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.

March 31, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING HAND GRINDER WAS GR8INDING HEAD PIECE FOR SHAFT IT STARTED TO FALL & GRABBED HOLD OF SHAFT & CAUGHT THUMB ON GRINDER.

1988 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TIGHTENING TRACK ON HD 21. WAS HOLDING ON A BAR TIGHTENING A TRACK ON THE HD21 DOZER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG.

April 30, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON A TAILPULLEY, A SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

1987 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

April 10, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF STEEL THE STEEL STARTED TO FALL & THE PATIENT REACHED FOR THE STEEL BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND.