Mining Incidents

Rock Cut: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Fred E O'Baker
Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800401

MSHA record for Rock Cut (mine ID 1800401). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Cumberland Sand Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rock Cut sits in Allegany 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.
Allegany County, Maryland · Population 67,762
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 5 incidents

September 11, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED-EMPLOYEE HAD HEART ATTACH AND DIED WHILE WORKING.

May 22, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL CLEANING CONVEYOR BELT ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPL IN BACK OF HEAD.HARD HAT WAS WORN? .EMPL HANDS WENT NUMB.

April 9, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DEMOLISHING WOODEN SHED. CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN METAL BOX INJURING LEFT THUMB.

March 20, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ALUMINUM LADDER FROM WATER DISCHARGE CYCLONE LOST CONTROL OF LADDER BECAUSE OF HIGH WINDS CAUGHT LADDER CAUSING LIGAMENT PULL OF RIGHT HAND AND CRACKED 1ST FINGER RIGHT HAND.

March 1, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN CATCHING RIGHT HAND IN STEERING WHEEL.BRUISED RIGHT HAND.

1984 · 1 incident

March 30, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CRUSHER RUN CANOPY BRACING BROKE ALLOWING METAL CANOPY TO FALL ON WORKER WHO WAS SHOVING DEBRES. WORKER SUSTAINED BROKEN LEFT LEG AND ABRASION.

1983 · 2 incidents

May 11, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRANSFERRING PERSONAL POSSESSIONS FROM COMPANY TO PERSONAL CAR.CLOSED DOOR ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.

April 19, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland Sand Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

STOCK PILE TRUCK BACK OVER EDGE OF STOCK PILE MONOR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT DRIVER RECEIVED FIRST AID AND RETURNED TO WORK NOLOSS TIME