Mining Incidents

UNIVERSAL TRK & EQUIP LEASING IN: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Malafronte Roney A
Kent County, RI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3700086

MSHA record for UNIVERSAL TRK & EQUIP LEASING IN (mine ID 3700086). 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
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Valley Ready Mixed Concrete Company Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Universal Truck & Equipment Leasing Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

UNIVERSAL TRK & EQUIP LEASING IN sits in Kent County, Rhode Island, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Kent County, Rhode Island · Population 170,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,278
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 1,847 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

December 15, 1994 RI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Universal Truck & Equipment Leasing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOOR GUARD WAS IN PLACE AND OPENED AT TAIL PULLEY SECTION. MATERIAL WAS SPILLING OUT ONTO BOTTOMOF TAIL PULLEY BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY AND BELT CAUSING IT TO GO OFF TRACK. WORKER WAS TRYING TO WIPE SPILLED MATERIAL WITH HIS HAND AT THE PINCHPOINT OF THE BELT AND TAIL PULLEY CAUSING HIS ARM TO BE PULLED IN.