Mining Incidents

Upham Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Johnson Charles E
Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607904

MSHA record for Upham Quarry (mine ID 3607904). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 20, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Jerry Johnson Flagstone Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE HOIST MECHANISM ON THE BED OF A DUAL-AXLED DUMP TRUCK. THEY HAD WHICH CONTAINED APPROX. 7 TONS OF WASTE ROCK, WAS BEING HELD IN A RAISED POSITION BY A W OODEN POST AND A FORK LIFT, BOTH LOCATED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK BETWEEN THE BED AND THE FRAME. THE HOIST CYLINDER MECHANISM FAILED WHERE ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK FRAME, ALLOWING THE BE

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