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No 2 Open Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Zca Mines Inc · Underground
Controlled by Horsehead Industries Inc
St Lawrence County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3001983

No 2 Open Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. St Joe Resources Company 1950 to 1991
  2. Zca Mines Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 1
1995 3
1985 0
1984 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 2 Open Pit sits in St. Lawrence County, New York, 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.
St. Lawrence County, New York · Population 107,796
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$61,900
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

1995 · 1 incident

July 17, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zca Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM COUPLING. THE HAMMER HE WAS USING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. HIS HAND CONTINUED IN A DOWNWARD MOTION AND HIT A PIECE OF SHARP STEEL WHICH WAS PART OF THE BOOM. HE LACERATED THE WEBB OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FIRST FINGER AND RECEIVED THREE STITCHES.