Mining Incidents

Rosa Bank Operation Coal

Controlled by Waste Management Inc
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602085

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
3
inspections on record
17
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
February 15, 1993 PA · Coal carpenter Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPL USING ELECTRICAL HOIST TO LOWER SALT BAGS FROM SECOND FLOOR TO BOTTOM FLOOR.

January 5, 1985 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall from machine

DRIVING PICKUP TRUCK FROM SILT TDAM TO BREAKER EMP APPARENTLY SUFFERED STROKE AND LOST CONTROL OF PICK UP AND STRUCK CONVEYOR LINE SUPPORT COLUMN EMP FELL OUT OF TRUCK AND WAS DISCOVERED LYING GROUND IN SEMICONCIOUS CONDITION

Reportable incidents

20 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1993 · 1 incident

February 11, 1993 PA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLOSING GATES, THE GATE CLOSED ON HIS THUMB & HAND.

1992 · 1 incident

May 13, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING DOWN OFF LOADER- SLIPPED AND GRABBED RAILING WITH LEFT ARM.

1991 · 5 incidents

September 25, 1991 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

NO NARRATIVE: (OPENING GATE UNDER CLEANER PLANT- SLIPPED AND FELL FROM PLATE- LACERATION OF LEFT LEG.)

August 15, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HITTING A BAR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND BAR.

March 11, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING THE BOX OF TRUCK TAILGATE CLOSED AND CAUGHT FINGER.

January 8, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PICKING ROCK OFF TABLE IN CLEANING PLANT, BIG ROCK HIT HAND AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK. LEFT HAND INJURED.

1990 · 10 incidents

December 17, 1990 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BURNING A BEAM ON OLD CLEANER PLANT AND STANDING ON PIECE OF WOOD,IT GAVE OUT AND HE FELL.

December 6, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BUCKET OF COAL OUT TO FIX FIRE AT END OF WET ROCK AND BUCKET CAUGHT RAILING AND JARRED LEFT ARM.

November 23, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE LIGHTING A COAL STOVE FIRE, FLAMES CAME OUT AND BURNED RIGHT HAND.

November 21, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE GOING TO CLOSE BACK GATE OF THE ROCK HOPPER AT THE CLEANING PLANT TRIPPED OVERGROUND WIRE. AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK IN THE KIDNEY AREA AGAINST THE BLDG BEAM.

September 24, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BLOCKED DRAIN PIPE ON 5 TANK UNBLOCKING PIPE TOLD CO WORKER TO TRY VALVE HAD HIS HAND UPIN PIPE INGERS GOT CAUGHT IN VALVE.

June 29, 1990 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall from ladders

WHILE INSPECTING HIS WECO SHAKER, GETTING ODWN OFF LADDER AND SLIPPED OFF LADDER.

June 1, 1990 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOISTING A PIECE IRON TO BE PLACE ON BOTTOM OF HEAVY MEDIA MACHINE.

March 21, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SLAMMING TAIL GATE OF TRUCK TO GET BODY OF TRUCK TO EMPTY OUT-CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN GATE & BODY OF TRUCK LACERATION ON TOP OF HAND

1986 · 1 incident

March 10, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING D2WN FROM PAYLOADER TO GET MOTOR OR FOR ENGINE SLIPPED ON LADDER AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

1983 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1983 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PLACING PIECE PLATE IRON IN STOVE COAL POCKET TO BE WELDED TO FLOOR OF POCKET,SLIDING PIECE OFIRON INTO POSITION FELT SHARP PAIN VICINITY OF LEFT SHOULDER.

May 10, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING ROCK OFF PICKING TABLE-CLEANER PLANT EE FELT PULL ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER ABDOMEN.