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Magnum Strips Coal

Magnum Minerals Inc · Surface

Controlled by Gifford-Hill & Company Inc

Branchton, Butler County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3601087

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1983–1984
Latest incident: Sep 1984

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

September 17, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Magnum Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN A GLACIAL HIGH MOISTURE MATERIAL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIGHWALLS SLUFFING OFF OCCASIONALLY DURING RAIN SEASONS, WHICH IS WHAT OCCURRED THEDAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SUPREVISOR INSPE CTS THE HIGHWALL DAILY AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM THAT DAY. THE HIGHWALL SLID IN ON RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH COAL. WHEN THE MATERIAL HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF T

1983 · 1 incident

July 19, 1983 PA · Coal welder (shop) FIRE

Magnum Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF SWING GRINDER. ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING ON TOP OF SWING GRINDER. HIS SPARKS STARTED A SMALL GRASS & OIL FIRE BENETH THE GRINDER. THE FIRE INCREASED RAPIDLY. DAN CRAWLED OUT OF THE GRINDER THROUGH THE FIRE & WAS BURNED.