Over-exertion in lifting objects
Miner, lifting mine props and strained their back.
R S & W DriftCoal
R S & W Coal Co Inc · Underground
Controlled by John Robert Rothermel
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3601818
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2001–2023
- Latest incident
- Sep 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2023 · 1 incident
2015 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Re-timbering second escape way, prop got away while passing timber, striking man behind left knee.
2011 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Raining and Floor of Buggy was slippery. Employee fell and struck head injuring his head and neck