Mining Incidents

Medford QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

New Windsor, Carroll County, MD · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800035
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was sitting inside 980H yard loader. EE felt a pain in EE's lower left back when EE twisted to the left to clean the cup holder.

2012 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was attempting to remove lodged debris from a feed bin with a steel bar. Employee was able to free some material and stepped away from the bin to allow additional material to exit the bin. Employee was resting hand on a piece when a stone tumbled from the bin and struck the employee on the left hand, resulting in a laceration to his finger.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Shoveling frozen stemming

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was repairing the pneumatic grease gun, he removed the air line thinking that he had disconnected the energy. He then removed the side covers and began to clean out the grease fron under the piston. While doing this the grease gun fired causing the piston to crush his left index finger behind the first knuckle. The finger tip could not be repaired and was removed.