FATALITIES AT ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OPERATIONS 1996-2003

Date of Accident	Fatals	Nature of Fatality*	Mining Operation	Permit Number	Company Name	Site Name	County	Township
June, 1993	1 (30 yrs old)	drowned	200 year old slate quarry			Funkhouser Quarry	York	Peach Bottom
July, 1996	1 (28 yrs old)	jumped from 125 ft highwall	200 year old slate quarry			Funkhouser Quarry	York	Peach Bottom
1998	1					Natalie Quarry
1998	1		Large Surface	6172SM6	Bear Gap Stone, Inc.	Bear Gap Quarry	Northumberland	Ralpho
1999	1					Gerardville	Northumberland
1999	2					Juliet
05/29/99	1 (21 yrs old)	drowned	200 year old slate quarry			Funkhouser Quarry	York	Peach Bottom
05/31/99	1 (17 yrs old)	drowned				Kirbyville Quarry	Berks	Richmond
07/02/00	1 (19 yrs old)	drowned	200 year old slate quarry			Funkhouser Quarry	York	Peach Bottom
08/00	1 (24 yrs old)	jumped/dove 200 ft. from wall, drowned in quarry	quarry			dyers Quarry	Berks	French Creek State Park
06/26/01	1 (38 yrs old)	slipped on ledge, hit his head, then fell into pool and drowned	privately owned quarry		Owners-Celia Charles & George Charles Jr.	Chapman Quarry	Northampton	Chapman
07/17/01	1 (44 yrs old)	drowned while scuba diving	limestone quarry			Dutch Springs Quarry	Northampton	Lower Nazareth
03/30/02	1 (8 yrs old)	drowning in water-filled pit	slate quarry	7475SM7, 48900301	Dally Slate Co.	Stephen-Jackson Quarry	Northampton	Pen Argyl Borough
08/11/02	2 (22 & 22 yrs old)	drowning in quarry	quarry				Lancaster	Lancaster City
06/13/03	1 (13 yrs old)	fell from wall, drowned in quarry	quarry				lebanon	Cornwall
07/27/03	1 (13 yrs old)	jumped/dove 120 ft. from wall, drowned in quarry	quarry			Dyers Quarry	Berks	French Creek State Park
*More information is available from the Internet web site of the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA):					http://www.msha.gov/SOSA/previousfatalstats.asp