Mining Incidents

Lake Ariel QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Lake Aerial, Wayne County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603196
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee sustained a strain to their forearm while lifting a screen.

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

Employee's left ring finger was caught between a multiplier handle and metal structure causing lacerations and fractures to the left finger.

2022 · 1 incident

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

Employee pinched EE's finger while attempting to remove a belt clamp.

2012 · 1 incident

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

EE was loading an old cutting edge into a one ton dump. He lost control of cutting edge and caught his left hand pinky finger between the cutting edge and the top of the tailgate causing a fracture & contusion needing stitches. EE was wearing heavy gloves and the cutting edge weighed approx. 65 lbs.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Partical in eye, resulting in a corneal abrasion.