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Franklin Breaker Coal

Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Facility

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

citations

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.