Mining Incidents

Grove #1 Mine Coal

Lion Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by James T Arnone
Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3602398

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
29
significant & substantial
$5,270
proposed penalties
$3,957
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 4 1
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 422 1 0 2369.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 14, 2002 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Grove Resources Inc · 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.

2000 · 4 incidents

October 30, 2000 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grove Resources Inc · 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.

July 19, 2000 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbolith Extraction Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS LIFTING BLOCK ON RETURN WALL. AIR PULLED BLOCK OUT OF INJURED HANDS. BLOCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED LEFT FOOT.

April 28, 2000 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carbolith Extraction Inc · 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.

March 2, 2000 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Carbolith Extraction Inc · 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.