Mining Incidents

Piney Church Road Pit: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Driggs John
Charles County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800686

MSHA record for Piney Church Road Pit (mine ID 1800686). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Somar Paving Corp 1981 to 1986
  2. Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Piney Church Road Pit sits in Charles County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Charles County, Maryland · Population 168,710
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$120,592
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1993 · 1 incident

May 4, 1993 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

LEADS GOT CAUGHT WENT TO FREE THEM AND SLIPPED WHILE TORCH WAS LIT. THE TORCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL AGAINST HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND BURNT HIM.

1992 · 2 incidents

1991 · 4 incidents

June 21, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES WHILE DRIVING TRUCK HIT A LOW SPOT AND HURT HIS NECK.

June 8, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP STAIRS TO TALK TO ANTOHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS MOUTH ON PIPE.

1990 · 1 incident

November 2, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against a moving object

THREADS INSIDE ARTICULATION JOINT WORN INSIDE TUBE CAUSING JOINT TO COME APART. DUMP BODY SEPARATED FROM TRACTOR.

1988 · 1 incident

June 30, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS USING CHAIN COMEALONG TO HOIST WHEN HOOK ON CHAIN SLIPPED CAME LOOSE & STRUCK EMPL IN RIGHT FOREARM.