Mining Incidents

Murphy'S Bottom Land Plant: 12 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606150

MSHA record for Murphy'S Bottom Land Plant (mine ID 3606150). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Davison Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Davison Sand & Gravel Company 1989 to 2001
  3. Hanson Aggregates Pma Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Murphy'S Bottom Land Plant sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING LOCK, SCREWS ON RIVER SIDE OF HAZEMAG USING A SHORT BAR. SHORT BAR SLIPPED FROM HOLE IN LOCK SCREW ON RIVERSIDE OF HAZEMAG CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACK STRIKING LOWER BACK ON ANGLE IRON ON HANDRAIL.

1988 · 3 incidents

September 26, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS JAMMING OPENING OF JAW CRUSHER, ONE ROCK MOVED WHEN IT SHOULD NOT HAVE, SMASHING FINGERS AGAINST SIDE OF MACHINE, THE TWO SMALLEST FINGERS H AD TO BE SPLINTED AND SHOULD RETURN FOR X-RAYS.

June 27, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING DOWN BARGE WITH CAPSON WHEN LINE CAUGHT AND SNAPPED BACK PULLING ARM, RESULTING PULLING OF LEFT SHOULDER MUSCLES.

May 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A PC. OF BELTING WITH RAZOR KNIFE, THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH AND WENT INTO RIGHT LEG 1' ABOVE THE KNEE REQUIRED STITCHES.

1987 · 4 incidents

October 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from ladders

WAS GETTING DOW3 OUT OF HIGHLIFT & SLIPPED DOWN LADDER & FELL TO THE GROUND HURTING LOWER BACK

May 1, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BLOW BARS ON CRUSHER, PUTTING LAST BLOW BAR INTO PLACE, IT GOT WEDGED AND HE STRAIGHTENED IT OUT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON IT, CAUSING FINGER TO GET PINCHED AND SMAS HED REQUIRED AB2UT 15 STITCHES.

April 10, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN OFF 60" CRUSHER, STEPPED ON STONE AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

April 9, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

TYING UP BARGES3FELL AGAINST CARGO BOX ON BARGE AND INJURED LOWER BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING3MANITOWAC CLAM UNLOADING BARGES HAD A HEART ATTACK

1985 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent STRIKING OR BUMPING
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING LIGHTS FROM CEILING IN OLD WAREHOUSE, MAN WAS WORKING ABOVE AND I WAS ON THE FLOOR WHEN SOMETHING FELL. I RAN TO GET OUT OF WAY AND HIT MY HEAD FOREHEAD ON ANGLE LAYING ON OLD ELECTRI C GENERATOR.

May 17, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Davison Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRICK GRINDING ON SMALL PIECE OF METAL, GRINDING WHEL CAUGHT AND KICKED OUT CUTTING HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEG AVOBE LEFT KNEE