Mining Incidents

SEIDLE SAND & GRAVEL PIT: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald George E
Mercer County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603217

MSHA record for SEIDLE SAND & GRAVEL PIT (mine ID 3603217). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1985–1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

SEIDLE SAND & GRAVEL PIT sits in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania · Population 109,852
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,614
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 23, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WAS SCRAPIGN DIRT FROM CONVEYOR FROM BETWEEN ROLLER ON CONVEYOR AND GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A ROLLER.

1993 · 2 incidents

July 6, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING IN FRONT END LOADER. RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND LEFT KNEE HIT EDGE OF DOORWAY (FELL AND LANDED ON LEFT KNEE).

May 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELTS WITH A HAND WRENCH ON THE MAIN WATER PUMP & STRAINED HIS WRISTS

1992 · 1 incident

March 26, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE WAS GETTING OFF DRAGLINE AND SLIPPED.

1991 · 4 incidents

October 3, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OUT OF HIS TRI-AXLE DUMP TRUCK,HE SLIPPED OFF THE TOP STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

September 30, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING SCRAP SCREENS FROM SHAKER #3 INTO FRONT END LOADER BUCKET.

September 18, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK & TWISTED ANKLE (LEFT) CAUSING A SPRAINED ANKLE

March 26, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

PITTING OIL IN ENGINE OF BACKHOE AND SLIPPED OFF COUNTER WEIGHT WHILE GETTING OFF MACHINE. FELL ABOUT 4 FEET TO THE GROUND.

1990 · 1 incident

February 2, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD TAIL PULLEY STANDING END ON 1 3/4" SHAFT USING BACXK OUT BOLTS TO REMOVE CONE RETAINER.THEN THE TAIL PULLEY DROPPED ON EMPLOYEES FOOT.

1987 · 1 incident

October 9, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

FROSTY MORNING 2PERATOR SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND WHEN GETTING OFF DRAGLINE AND FRACTURED BOTH WRISTS CONCUSSION AND COMPRESSION OF THE VERTEBRA

1985 · 1 incident

November 13, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Seidle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING3LOADER CARRYIN GRAVEL AT THE STOCKPILE, THE LOADER STARTED TO TIP. HE DROPPED THE LOADER BUCKET TO PREVENT THE LOADER FROM UPSETTING. WHEN THE BUCKET DROPPED TO THE GROUND, THE JOLT THREW HIM3OUT OF HIS SEAT - WHEN HE CAME DOWN HE HIT HIS TAIL BONE ON THE EDGE OF THE SEAT.