Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CARRYING DRILL STEELS UP OUT OF A HOLE TH EMPL DROPPED ONE THE STEEL BOUNCED OFF THE GROUND HITTING HIM IN THE LEG
Summit Quarry: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company
· Surface
Controlled by
William Eyre Price Jr
Lackawanna County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607994
MSHA record for Summit Quarry (mine ID 3607994). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
Ownership history
- Wyoming Sand & Stone Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Summit Quarry sits in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 215,834
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$64,691
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1989 · 1 incident
1988 · 5 incidents
December 5, 1988
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
OTHER
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. THE EE HAD A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A NEW INJURY AN OLD INJURY OR IF IT IS EVEN WORK RELATED.
November 22, 1988
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ADJUSTING JAW CRUSHER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF ADJUSTING NUT. HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN WRENCH & UNIT.
August 16, 1988
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FROM GETTING IN AND OUT OF LOADER HIS LEG MUSCLES BEGAN TO TIGHTEN AND HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL.
August 7, 1988
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE USING A TORQUE WRENCH TO ADJUST THE ENGINE ON A CONE CRUSHER HE FELT A SPASM IN HIS BACK.
April 11, 1988
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wyoming Sand & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE PUTTING GASOLINE INTO THE PONY MOTOR OF A CRANE THE CAP CAME OFF SPILLING GASOLINE OVER THE EMPLOYEE AT ONE PM HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO SUPERVIOSR WES DUNN AT THIS TIME THE SKIN AND B ECOME BURNED AND BLISTERED.