Mining Incidents

Woodlawn Slag: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R E Garman
Buffalo, Erie County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002786

MSHA record for Woodlawn Slag (mine ID 3002786). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Woodlawn Slag sits in Erie 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.
Erie County, New York · Population 950,044
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,175
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

December 13, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLS IN BIN CHIPPING MATERIAL FROM SIDES.REQUESTED A PLANK FROM GROUNDMAN I.NAME.HE PUT END OF PLANK IN ACCESS DOOR.PIECE OF SLAG FELL,HIT PLANK AND DEFLECTED INTO I.NAME FACE.

April 10, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING SLIDING DOOR ON CONTROL SHACK SLIPPED ON DECK SNOW FALLING AND STRUCK SAMLL OF BAK ON GAURDRAIL.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 3 incidents

December 18, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COKE MILL HOPPE9 HAD FROZEN MATERIAL.EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD ON TAIL PULLEY TO STAND ON STEEL.BEGAN HITTING HOPPER W/HAMMER TO FREE UP MATERIAL INSIDE-SPROCKET ON TAIL PULLEY CAUGHT PANT LEG AN D THREW EMPLOYE9 TO GROUND.(2.0' FALL).

October 14, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP RAN OVER BU4P WHILE OPERATING DOZER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST. HE DOES HAVE HISTORY OF HEART TRUOUBLE ( PACEMAKER)