Struck by falling object
DO TO WET RAINY AND MUDDY. CONDITIONS BULL DOZER BLADE WAS BLOCKED UP. CRIB BLOCKS SLIPPED AND TWO BLOCKS BROKE CAUSING THE BLADE TO FALL ON ONE SIDE AND HIT EE.
Grove #1 MineCoal
Lion Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by James T Arnone
Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3602398
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2002 · 1 incident
2000 · 4 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
INJURED WAS TRAMMING MINER(REMOTE), TRIPPED ON MINER CABLE AND FELL ON RT ARM CAUSING SHOULDER TO BE SEPARATED. FIRST AID IN SECTION.
Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS LIFTING BLOCK ON RETURN WALL. AIR PULLED BLOCK OUT OF INJURED HANDS. BLOCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED LEFT FOOT.
Struck against a moving object
INJURED STATED HE WAS OPERATING S CAR IN #2 ENTRY OF ORT. S CAR FELL INTO A WASH OUT STOPPING ABRUPTLY CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE HEAD OFF CANOPY OF S CAR, JAMMING NECK AND BACK. INJURED FELL O UT OF CAR, CAR STAYED IN POSITION. EMT IN SECTION TREATED INJURED. ANOTHER EMT ARRIVED 15 MIN LATER TRANSPORTING INJURED TO SURFACE.
Accident type, without injuries
INTENSECTION AT 28 RM-RETURN SIDE-AREA OF MINE, WAS AN AIR COUSE VENTILATING INTO 31E. NO PRODUCING OF COAL IN THIS CEREA. HAD BEEN IDLE FOR APPROX. 1 YR.