Mining Incidents

Prospect Bank Coal

Plains, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601677

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,338
proposed penalties
$1,338
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
2006 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 22 1 0 45454.5
2006 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,251 4 0 551.6
2005 Q4 7,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,583 3 0 349.5
2005 Q2 8,733 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,542 1 1 152.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 12, 2002 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall from machine

BEFORE DAWN, BUT IN A LIGHTED AREA WITH COOL TEMPS. AND LIGHT RAIN. AFTER THE WALKAROUND INSPECTION THE OP. MOPUNTED LADDER AND OPEN CAB DOOR. AS DOOR OPENED OP. SWUNG BACK AND SLIPPED OFF THE LOWEST STEP. HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.