Mining Incidents

Tarburton PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Dover, Kent County, DE · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700093
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2024 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a drill to put screws in a wooden deck while laying on their back under the deck and applied too much pressure while pushing the drill. The employee overextended the tendon in their finger causing a strain.

2023 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Slip while entering a skid steer.

2013 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered seizure in office for unknown reasons, not work related.

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting and moving a sump pump from the waste pit to the service water pump house. When lifting the pump he felt a pull in his back muscle.

2010 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hired Hauler driver was in his truck on the scale. He retrieved his ticket from the weigh master and returned to his truck. When the vehicle did not move, someone approached the truck and found the driver slumped over the seat. He was unresponsive. CPR was begun and an ambulance was called.

2003 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

WORK BOAT WAS PULLED ON TO ONE SAND BAR BY CABLE FLIPPING THE BOAT, EE JUMPED FROM BOAT STRIKINGHIS HEAD ON EDGE OF BOAT DOCK, THIGH ON SIDE OF BOAT.

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CUT AND FASTEN 3 SECTIONS OF 2 PLY BELTING TO A 72' LONG PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. THE TWO EMPLOYEES CARRIED THE BELTING AND ANGLE IRON UP THE PLANT. FIRST EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED INJURED UP THE STAIRS. INJURED THEN WENT TO THE PLANT OFFICE AND STATED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.