Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip Coal

Kitzmiller, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800372

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2008–2016
Latest incident
Jul 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
53
significant & substantial
$19,395
proposed penalties
$18,861
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
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,413 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 498 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

6 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2016 MD · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & S Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was unscrewing a hydraulic cap on the 315 C excavator and fell off the track. Employee continued working. No time was lost.

May 2, 2016 MD · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
G & S Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Clearing brush, cut nose on chainsaw blade

2011 · 1 incident

January 3, 2011 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into loader at beginnning of shift. Went up the steps and stood on platform. Icy conditions on platform caused employee to slip and fall. Employee fell, but caught himself with his hands and pulled himself back up.

2009 · 1 incident

May 27, 2009 MD · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was fueling the dozer at the end of his shift. When he was finished, he was attempting to step down from the dozer. He was holding onto the safety bars and going down backwards. When he put his feet on the ground and was still holding the bars, he heard a pop in his arm.

2008 · 2 incidents

December 19, 2008 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & S Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

The coal truck driver, just finished loading his dump truck with a front end loader and was exiting the loader via the ladder when he slipped and fell onto the coal pile. He was not aware of any injury at that time. On Tuesday, January 6, 2009 he was taken to the emergency room and after evaluation and tests he underwent an emergency splenectomy.

November 19, 2008 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & S Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Coal truck stuck in mud.Loader brought down to help pull truck out of mud.Tow cable stuck on loader between tail light and body.EE dislodged tow cable from back of bumper,it flew back and hit employee in face, causing a laceration to forehead and dislodging front tooth.Accident occurred prior to tow cable being attached to truck.