Mining Incidents

JAW026 Bucks County Metal/Non-Metal

Mellott Company · Facility
Controlled by Jonathan Schilowitz
Warfordsburg, Fulton County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608894

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$761
proposed penalties
$706
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 429 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,840 1 0 352.1
2010 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 9, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mellott Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a grease plug from a grease jack on a conveyor belt. The plug blew out and struck the employee on the left hand, causing a laceration to the palm between the third and fourth digits. Currently investigating and procuring bleeder valves that will allow pressure to be relieved prior to removing the plugs.

2005 · 1 incident

May 11, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Mellott Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using an electric, hand held drill to drill a hole in a broken bolt to get it out. The drill bit caught and twisted the drill and the ee's arm.

2004 · 1 incident

February 17, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mellott Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO TURN ON WATER VALVES & TWISTED HIS BACK.