WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

West Ridge Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by Arendash Joseph

Erie County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3604299

MSHA record for WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI (mine ID 3604299). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 1983–1995
Latest incident: Jul 1995

Ownership history

West Ridge Gravel Company 1950 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.

Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544

0.1%

Mining share of county employment

$61,476

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

November 16, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

West Ridge Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

2 EMPLOYEES WERE CHECKING FOR LEAK IN 980B CAT FRONT END LOADER CADY OPERATOR RAISED BUCKET UP APPROX 8-10FT MCSWEENEY VICTIM LOOKED UNDER BY STANDING BY TIRE A HOSE BROKE ALLOWING BUCKET TO DROP AND CRUSHED MCSWEENEY TO GROUND UNDER BUCKET

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1995 · 1 incident

July 11, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

West Ridge Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TRYING TO ROLL LARGE STONE ON TO LOADER BUCKET WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OR LOST BALANCE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK

1993 · 2 incidents

July 29, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE

West Ridge Gravel Company · Fall from machine

LOADER CAUGHT ON FIRE OPERATOR KICKED OUT WINDOW AND JUMPED DOWN. LEFT KNEE WAS SPRAINED APPROX. 4 INTAKE LATER SURGERY WAS DONE TO REPAIR.

April 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

West Ridge Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

A CHIP OF METAL FLEW OFF THE HAMMER HE WAS USING TO REMOVE A WEDGE SO THEY COULD REPAIR THE CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE. THE CHIP LODGED IN THE THIGH OF HIS RIGHT LEG.

1991 · 1 incident

July 30, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER

West Ridge Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE PUSHING TREES OFF AREA ALONG PROPERTY LINE INJURED WAS STUNG MANY TIMES.WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND FEPT OVER NIGHT WITH IV OF GLUCOSE AND RELEASED 10:30(07-31-91) WITH PREXRIPTION OF EPIP EN AUTO-INJECTOR.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 10, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

West Ridge Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING SAND FROM A CONVEYOR WHEN HE WENT TO DISCARD A SHOVEL FULL HE HURT HIS BACK. NOTE: HE HURT HIS BACK ON OTHER JOB.

May 30, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER

West Ridge Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUFFERED HEART ATTACK WHILE SETTING IN CHAIR IN OFFICE. AFTER FOUR DAYS IN HOSPITAL HE PASSED AWAY.