GRAYMONT (PA) INC. PLEASANT GAP — Accidents

Total: 259 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/21/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None An operator in a skid steer with an enclosed cab could not get the bucket lowered. To get the bucket lowered another employee was standing on the bucket and jumping on it. While jumping on the bucket...
05/29/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 11d restricted An operator was driving a haul truck down a heading when the haul truck started to slide on a downhill grade. The truck slid for roughly three headings then overturned in the travel way. The operator...
03/06/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was assisting shoveling a pile - EE fell into the pile and got lime in eyes. EE went to local medical center to get eyes flushed. Treating physician prescribed EE eye drops.
02/10/2025 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got dust in their eye, scratched an eye and sought medical attention. Went to the eye doctor and was diagnosed with a conjunctival abrasion. There was nothing in the eye but was prescribed an...
01/21/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 36d restricted An employee was observing a drag chain conveyor. EE's left hand was holding a drill with chisel attachment, the chisel slipped, and EE's finger contacted the corner casing of the elevator that carries...
11/13/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Our driver was attempting to unhook hoses from the tractor to the trailer so they could disconnect the tractor from the trailer. Their foot got tangled with the step on the back deck of truck. Althoug...
11/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Our loader was at the Carbis rack at the mine's surface location attempting to open the lid on a pneumatic tank trailer. When they pulled on our latch, they struggled with getting the latch to move. T...
05/28/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding a patch on the enhanced hydrate blow down line. EE stated EE got something in EE's right eye, and thought it was slag from chipping EE's weld. EE washed out EE's eyes and used eye...
02/29/2024 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was getting onto the forklift when they felt a pull in left hip/groin area.
02/07/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was holding onto railcar gate opener ""rail wrench"", while it was closing the railcar gate. The ""rail wrench"" vibrates when closes the lids, during this they felt a pop in their left bicep...
11/15/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing a take up on a conveyor belt when, while doing so EE slipped resulting in a loss of balance and EE's arm impacted a guard adjacent to the belt. Went to doctor and was released t...
09/06/2023 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was moving railcars and was very hot due to the high temperatures outside (90 F+). EE realized EE stopped sweating, which EE recognized as a sign of potential heat stroke and told EE's cowork...
07/27/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 45d restricted Employee had just got done fueling the bolter when they heard crumbles hitting their hard hat, they then went to exit the area when a rock fell an estimated 22 feet from roof of the mine hitting their...
03/31/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 28d restricted Employee was getting on the bus to ride underground and tripped on the first step. When EE caught self, EE hit EE's finger on the step.
03/21/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was trouble shooting high differential pressure on a dust collector. When EE entered the collector EE found a blank with a punch plate instead of a bag. EE used a pair of plyers to try and free the...
01/11/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a bar working on unplugging a pipe. While working, employee's hand struck employee's helmet-mounted earmuffs and knocked hard hat and safety glasses partially off face. At the same...
10/29/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None The employee was loading trailers with another employee. EE told co-worker that didn't feel well. When EE was in the passenger seat of the tractor, EE passed out and fell over. EE's co-worker sought h...
10/24/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing guard on return roller of 196 belt. The right hand side of the guard fell off the pin and the guard swung to the left, pinching EE's left hand between guard and frame. Laceratio...
09/23/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was attempting to knock debris loose from from a dump chute located above a vibrating feeder on the no.8 kiln. The debris inside broke loose creating a large cloud of lime dust that surrounde...
07/19/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 112d lost Employee reportedly lost consciousness while driving work truck and crashed into a concrete barrier. Employee wasn't injured from the wreck. A non-emergency ambulance was called to come to the site an...
07/14/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was cutting angle iron with a 4.5"" grinder. Employee shut the grinder off but, with the wheel decelerating they set it down and it made contact with the back of their hand causing a lace...
07/05/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None At approximately 3:40 PM, the employee contacted the foreman to tell the foreman the employee wasn't feeling well and had chest pains. The foreman brought the employee out of the mine and the Mine Su...
04/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 39d restricted Hose on tire machine disconnected suddenly when employee was pulling; struck back of left hand on frame of machine. First aid applied to middle knuckle laceration initially; one week later noted limit...
03/02/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 34d restricted Employee entered area where blasting occurred <15 minutes prior to inspect shot. A piece of rock fell from 25' roof, striking the employee's hardhat and left shoulder, fracturing clavicle and scapula....
02/16/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Scale ring in Kiln 7 broke apart and created ash dust, which entered the cooler. The hot dust flowed through the cooler belt feeder and onto the cooler belt, which ignited due to the high temperature....
11/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee pulled stomach muscle pushing/sliding the rack to load a trailer. Possible hernia.
08/17/2021 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tramming Fletcher Scaler and the tram motor went out causing it to free wheel downhill. Miner applied manual break. Scaler traveled 10-20 ft. and hit rib. On impact, miners leg slipped off break and h...
07/21/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in North East Section of the mine. Nobody was injured. Damage to brattice did occur. MSHA and DEP are notified. Orders issues by MSHA and State PADEP.
06/16/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Drive belts on Metso vibratory screen were improperly tensioned, which either caused or was caused by the screen being overloaded. This caused the belts to slip and catch on fire, which ignited the sc...
04/20/2021 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Miner complained of chest pains while driving truck through the portal on way to surface office. Forman contacted and ambulance called for care. Miner was transported to hospital. Returned to work nex...
03/19/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Discovered 7:47 am, intersection of 35 E 42 S.
03/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing a small glass cup used in an instrument to test lime quality. The bottom of the cup cracked and fell out, employee cut hand on sharp edge.
12/11/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None 4:30am flames observed on kiln 6 guard. Employees used garden type hose used for wash down located near site of the fire, reduced it to point where the guard could be opened. Once opened, fire extingu...
11/13/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in inactive area of mine.
11/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted 11/9, EE was opening a dribble chute on K6 preheater. Chute opened more quickly than expected. Momentum of the handle caused EE's hand to be caught between the handle and a dumpster. It did not hurt m...
11/03/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 150d restricted Employee unloading 50-lb bags of ANFO. After unloading 3-4 bags, employee felt a ""pop"" in EE's shoulder then unloaded the rest of the bags (47). Reported to supervisor 30 min later. Orthopedic evalu...
03/18/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was steam cleaning haul truck (H-14) at the steam jenny. Climbing down off of truck and foot slipped. Was holding wand in one hand. Fell from 2nd rung from the top landing on the ground hitti...
02/17/2020 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 378d lost At approximately 510 PM there was a radio call that employee was having seizure. It was break time, employee was at the UG office. 911 was called. Foreman responded with the emergency truck and employ...
12/17/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted Employee cleaning floor hole at the face. Small (size unknown) rock fell from roof or face (location unknown), hit EE in the shoulder. Initial x-rays (12/17) at ER did not show fractures. Employee req...
08/07/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 78d lost Employee heard on radio gasping for air. Radios have name indictor on them. Employee found in seat of fuel truck struggling to breath and then became unresponsive. First response team found EE had no...
07/23/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was plasma cutting on a loader bucket. EE then was needle scaling the slag off when a piece of slag shot off and got under EE's safety glasses.
06/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was shutting a sliding guard. As EE shut the guard EE pinched wrist between the handles of the guards. The handle of the guard hit into EE's right arm resulting is a fracture in the right wri...
03/26/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Oil from the Kiln 6 drive gear sump contacted the kiln shell, exceeding the oil's flashpoint and started a fire. The kiln was shut down for 36 hours to replace the guard, which had buckled due to the...
01/22/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a wrench to remove a swivel fitting. The head of the wrench broke and the wrench came back and hit the employee in the face, cutting EE's nose. EE received 5 stitches.
01/09/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hand scaling from JLG basket. A rock came off rib and pinched finger between rock and hand railing of JLG basket.
01/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cleaned out air hood, put it on, piece of lime fell out got into their eye, behind prescription safety glasses. Employee flushed eye, no pain, saw lime in eye. On 1/8/19 they observed lime wa...
10/24/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While inspecting the area of a pipe for a hole that required to be repaired lime fell on the employee as EE was looking up. The lime fell directly on the employees face, getting behind EE's foam lined...
10/10/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was using a long pipe to tap a hopper of a dust collector to determine how full it was based on sound from tapping. On the first tap, the employee felt a pain in wrist.
09/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 33d restricted Repeated use of a water hose. Holding the hose caused soreness in hand, diagnosed as ""bil hand pain, trigger finger"". Given work restriction no use of hose.
09/06/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 33d restricted Employee unplugging Hydrator, plugged due to power outage. Using pipe wrench to move the first stage of the hydrator, wrench broke. Employee caught self to regain balance, pulling shoulder. Employee w...