Mining Incidents

Franklin Breaker Coal

Controlled by Blaschak Holding Corp
Ravine, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601833

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,393
proposed penalties
$2,393
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
2012 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,161 1 1 861.3
2011 Q4 1,233 1 0 811.0
2011 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,538 3 0 1950.6
2011 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,721 1 0 581.1
2010 Q3 1,895 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 25, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE raised the engine compartment door located on the side of a rubber-tired loader to work on the engine and before he could secure it in place a wind gust blew the door over onto his arm.

2005 · 1 incident

August 17, 2005 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was using an electric welder to stick weld stainless steel sheets to a coal feed hopper when he slipped on a sheet of stainless steel, twisted trying to catch himself and fell backwards.

2000 · 1 incident

May 23, 2000 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND HIT OBJECT AND BRUISED. INITIALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE OF THE FINGER. TEST AND X RAYS WERE DONE. SEVERELY BRUISED.