Mining Incidents

Watertown Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Theodore Zoli
Jefferson County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000807

MSHA record for Watertown Pit (mine ID 3000807). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. A Marzano Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Torrington Industries Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Watertown Pit sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

May 17, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Torrington Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING JAW CRUSHER. EMPL ATTEMPTED TO BAR LARGE STONE FROM TOPE OF JAW INTO JAW WITH STEEL PRY BAR. PRYBAR WAS CAUGHT BY MOVING JAW FORCING HAND TO BE PINNED BETWEEN BAR & METAL FR AME OF CRUSHER.

1987 · 1 incident

November 2, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Torrington Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON CONVEYOR AND STRUCK RT SIDE OF BODY ON CONVEYOR FRAME BRUISED RIBS