Mining Incidents

PORTABLE UNIT: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Empire Paving Inc · Surface
Controlled by Earl Tucker Jr
New Haven County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600630

MSHA record for PORTABLE UNIT (mine ID 0600630). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK20000041M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $800
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Empire Paving Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 12, 1990 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Empire Paving Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF CRUSHER; HE SLIPPED AND FELL DIRECTLY ON A LARGE ROCK. BROKE 3 RIBS (8, 9, 10)

1989 · 1 incident

November 9, 1989 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empire Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING CHAIN FROM CRUSHER TO THE GROUND CHAIN SLIPPED OFF BUCKET AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE SHOULDER.