Mining Incidents

New Paris Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Bedford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600011

MSHA record for New Paris Quarry (mine ID 3600011). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. Bedford County Stone & Lime Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

New Paris Quarry sits in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania · Population 47,503
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$60,302
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

1988 · 1 incident

November 22, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Bedford County Stone & Lime Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING DRILL MOUNTED ON TRACKS WHEN THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE BOOM BROKE IN HALF CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL THE BOOM BRUSH THE EMPLOYEEED THE ARM. BREAKING IT BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND ELBOW.