Mining Incidents

SMITH PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Eastern Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert L Murphy
Wayne County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002662

MSHA record for SMITH PIT (mine ID 3002662). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Dickinson & Everdyke Inc 1984 to 1989
  2. Eastern Sand & Gravel Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

SMITH PIT sits in Wayne County, New York, 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.
Wayne County, New York · Population 91,128
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,914
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 22, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dickinson & Everdyke Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING SCREEN PLANT AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BREAKING HIS ARM.