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#24 - Camp Hamilton: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Reitz Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Berwind Corporation
Seanor, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3606488

#24 - Camp Hamilton has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Reitz Coal Company 1977 to present
  2. Reitz Coal Company 1983 to 1996
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 1
1993 1
1992 1
1991 1
1990 1
1989 0
1988 1
1987 2
1986 2
1985 2
1984 15 59,951
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#24 - Camp Hamilton sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

June 18, 1984 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Reitz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS SITTING IN T HE CAB OF A GALIS ROOF BOLTER UNDER THE CANOPY. AS HE WAS DRILLING TOP A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED BOUNCED OFF OF THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER & STRUCK INJURED ON T HE LEFT TE MPLE.

June 15, 1984 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Reitz Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SITTING IN THE CANOPY OF THE MINER TRAMMING THE MINER BACKWARDS. THE CANOPY CAUGHT A ROOF BOLT, FORCING THE POST OF THE CANOPY AGAINST THE CONTROL LEVERS CATCHING INJUREDS HAND BETWEEN THE CONTROL LEVERS & CANOPY POST.

June 12, 1984 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Reitz Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL DISCOVERED DURING 11:00A%'%' 11:00PM TO 7:00AM SHIFT ON 6-12-84. ROOF FALL IS 6\ HIGH 20\ LONG & 20\ WIDE AT THE INTERSECTION OF #2 ENTRY IN THE 3RD LEFT SECTION 120\ INBY STATION 533- 6\ RESIN BOLTS.