Mining Incidents

Sahara Sand Of Falls Incorporated: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Bucks County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603220

MSHA record for Sahara Sand Of Falls Incorporated (mine ID 3603220). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sahara Sand Of Falls Incorporated sits in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 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.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania · Population 645,993
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$111,951
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 10, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONAHOPPER AND LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED INTO THE HOPPER BANGING HIS WRIST

1987 · 5 incidents

December 9, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE USING 5 SLEDGE HAMMER DRAWING STAKES INTO THE GROUND AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE STAKE AND SLICED EMPLOYEE'S KNEE.

October 24, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTE8 ANKLE WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM DRAG DRUM.

September 25, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL BURNING PI1E AND NEARBY BUCKET W/GAS & DIESEL FUEL CAUGHT FIRE.EMPL TRIED TO PUT IT OUT AND BURNED HIS LEFT ARM.

September 3, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A GARAGE & SLIPPED FROM A FORKLIFT & GRABBED AHOLD OF OPEN WINDOW & CUT HIS FINGER

July 21, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE HADADJ6STABLE WRENCH ON NUT WITH A 4FT.PIPE AS A BREAKER BAR FOR LEVERAGE AS EMPLOYEE PULLED TO TIGHTEN NUT THE WRENCH SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS INTO MOTOR & BEAMS

1986 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING LARGE STONE FROM DUMP HOPPER GRATING, WHEN A LARGE STONE ROLLED OVER HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

August 6, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL HURT HAND 4HILE CLEANING STONE CHUTE OUT.

June 18, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL STANDING T2 SIDE OF DUMP HOPPER AND ROCK CAME DOWN DISCHARGE CHUTE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEG.

1983 · 1 incident

March 23, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Sand Of Falls Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING A GEAR ON T HE CRANE HAD A BREAKER BAR WEDGED BETWEEN THE GEAR THE BAR SLIPPED HIT RIGHT KNEE.