Mining Incidents

North East Plant: 13 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David J Stewart
Cecil County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800327

MSHA record for North East Plant (mine ID 1800327). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. York Building Products Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

North East Plant sits in Cecil County, Maryland, 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.
Cecil County, Maryland · Population 104,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,146
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCRAPING OUT HOPPER THAT FEED SAND PLANT. USING LONG PIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO UNSTICK HOPPER.

April 12, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WALKING ON UNEVEN CATWALK STUBBED TOE CAUSING HIM TO BECOME OFF BALANCE. FELL INTO FEEDER BELT. HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND CONVEYOR.

1987 · 1 incident

April 28, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS DESCEND3NG LADDER DISMOUNTING FROM LOADER. LEFT ELBOW STRUCK SHARP BRACKET ON LADDER

1986 · 6 incidents

June 13, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
York Building Products Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING H2T METAL FELL INTO BOOT CAUSING BURN ON LEFT ANKLE

April 21, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE OPERATES TER9X EARTHMOVER AT SAND PLANT CLEARING GROUND FOR GRAVEL REMOVAL HE FEELS THA THEE%@%*%* THAT THE BOUNCING ON TYHE TEREX INJURED HIS TESTICLES OR CAUSED HIM TO HAVE A HERNIA.

February 14, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE HAS LOWER BA7K PAIN HE ATTRIBUTES THIS TO OPERATING PAN-TEREX-& EQUIPMENT BOUNCING OVER ROUGH GROUND.

1985 · 1 incident

August 20, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS STANDING BY SAND HOPPER-WHILE TRUCK WAS DUMPING SAND INTO HOPPER-SAND BLEW BACK UP FROM HOPPER - BLOWING SAND IN FACE

1984 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A ROLL OF BELT-WHEN THE CHAIN WHICH WAS HOLDING THE BELT SLIPPED-OFF OF PIPE-STRUCK LOWER LEFT ARM.

September 11, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
York Building Products Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TRUCK AT SAND PLANT-HAD STOPPED TRUCK-AND WAS DISMOUNTING FROM TRUCK-FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP OF TRUCK-CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.

1983 · 1 incident

September 30, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES, THAT HE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM BENEATH CONVEYOR BELT AND HE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE ON FRIDAY 9-30-83. HE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT, BUT ON MONDAY 10-3-83, SAID HIS BACK TIGHTENED UP, AND HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT DAY. HE RETURNED TO WORK TUES 10-4-83. MR. REYNOLDS DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO US-OR WERE WE AWARE OF IT UNTIL 11-21-83-WHEN WE RECEIVED BILLS FOR TREATMENT