Mining Incidents

Vanvoorhis Strip Coal

Controlled by Stromick Mike
Newtown, Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601304

MSHA record for Vanvoorhis Strip (mine ID 3601304). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

April 13, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fort Martin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BOTTOM ROLLER FROM HD#31 DOZER. STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN-CAUSING HERNIA.

1988 · 1 incident

September 19, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fort Martin Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FX.RT.HEEL WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND WHILE GETTING ON 945 HIGHLIFT

1986 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1986 PA · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fort Martin Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 ON CONVEYOR BELT PICKING ROCKS OUT OF COAL LUMP OF COAL ROLLED DOWN CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT RT WRIST FRACTURED BONE IN WRIST

July 21, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fort Martin Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D RT SHOULDER WHEN HE PICKED UP 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL FOR THE FORKLIFT

1984 · 1 incident

February 20, 1984 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fort Martin Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME CUTTING ROLLOVER SUPPORT OFF OLD DOZER WITH TORCH TO BE INSTALLED ON ANOTHER DOZER.ROLLOVER SUPPORT FELL AND STRUCK LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE.LEG WAS BROKEN.

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The full compliance file on Vanvoorhis Strip

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