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.
Murphy'S Bottom Land Plant: 12 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
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
- Davison Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1989
- Davison Sand & Gravel Company 1989 to 2001
- Hanson Aggregates Pma Inc 2001 to present
Murphy'S Bottom Land Plant sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
12 on file1989 · 1 incident
1988 · 3 incidents
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.
PULLING DOWN BARGE WITH CAPSON WHEN LINE CAUGHT AND SNAPPED BACK PULLING ARM, RESULTING PULLING OF LEFT SHOULDER MUSCLES.
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
WAS GETTING DOW3 OUT OF HIGHLIFT & SLIPPED DOWN LADDER & FELL TO THE GROUND HURTING LOWER BACK
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN OFF 60" CRUSHER, STEPPED ON STONE AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
TYING UP BARGES3FELL AGAINST CARGO BOX ON BARGE AND INJURED LOWER BACK.
1986 · 2 incidents
WHILE SLEDGING 9OCKS OUT OF GRIZZLY TEETH, ROCK BROKE OFF AND FLEW UP HITTING FOREHEAD AND EYEBROW REQURING STITCHES.
WHILE OPERATING3MANITOWAC CLAM UNLOADING BARGES HAD A HEART ATTACK
1985 · 2 incidents
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRICK GRINDING ON SMALL PIECE OF METAL, GRINDING WHEL CAUGHT AND KICKED OUT CUTTING HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEG AVOBE LEFT KNEE