Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip Coal

Westernport, Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800744

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,487
proposed penalties
$3,246
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
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q2 471 2 1 4246.3
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 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

2014 · 1 incident

July 31, 2014 MD · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
G & S Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Steam cleaning a radiator and steam contacted left lower leg

2013 · 1 incident

November 5, 2013 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 onto or against objects

Employee was exiting his truck at the scales to weigh. When he stepped down on the bottom step, it broke, throwing him backwards and he hit his head and shoulder on the platform. He passed out for about 3-4 minutes. Employee was taken to the ER by the supervisor. This resulted in a concussion and a shoulder contusion.

2009 · 1 incident

September 24, 2009 MD · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was adjusting a round hay bale as it was being put in the mulcher. Used left arm to push on bale and arm became stuck in hay bale as it was moving, pulling arm, resulting in some pulled muscles.