Mining Incidents

Primrose Operation Coal

Controlled by Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603047

MSHA record for Primrose Operation (mine ID 3603047). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1983–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
3
inspections on record
13
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: 13 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
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

1994 · 7 incidents

September 26, 1994 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING DRILL READY TO DRILL WAS LEVELING DRILL, DRILL TIPPED OVER AND UPSET.

September 12, 1994 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GREASING 7400 SHOVEL STEPPING UP ON PEDESTAL SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

June 15, 1994 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB LOADER LADDER TO GET INACAB TO WORK ON PARKING BRAKE SLIPPED AND BANGED RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT ELBOW.

May 18, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING STEEL BAR TO LIFT PEDESTAL, BAR SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER.

May 4, 1994 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

MAN WHILE WORKING ON GOR AS AN OILER WENT TO MOVE STEEL IN PLACE WHILE DOING SO SLIPPED ON HARDENED MUD AND PULLED LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT KNEE.

February 1, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ROLLING UP TRUCK TARP TRI AXLE(MACK) TRUCK # 1917.

1993 · 10 incidents

October 22, 1993 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE MAN WAS TRYING TO OPEN LOCK, LOOKIGN UNDERNEATH COVER OF LOCK, A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF HITTING MAN IN EYE.

October 13, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING WITH A CREW OF MEN, ELEVATING THE 181M BOOM, ONE TIMBER WAS REMOVED AND HIT ANOTHER MAN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

April 21, 1993 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERA TOR SWUNG SHOVEL BOOM TO DUMP LOADED BUCKET CAB WINDOW OPEN DEBRIS FROM BUCKET BLEW BACK INTO DAB & HIT RT EYE

April 2, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by flying object

MAN USING BENCH GRINDER TO REMOVE SLAG FROM IRON.

March 3, 1993 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 from machine

WHILE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING OT GET OFF OF WALKING BRAKE MECHANISM IN 7400 TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

January 26, 1993 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 · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WORKING AS OILER ON 7400M ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO POSITION TO GREASE SWING MOTOR THOUGH DIRT CHUTE MAN STUMBLED ON WOODEN BLOCK AND HURT BACK.

January 13, 1993 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 from machine

WHEN MAN WAS FINISHE DPUTTING PLASTIC TARP ON TRUCK, HE STARTED TO DESCEND AND FOOT SLIPPED ON RUNG AND LOST BALANCE. LEG WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TRUCK AND RUNG.

1992 · 5 incidents

December 23, 1992 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 · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER LOADING MACH TRI AXLE TRUCK, MAN GOT UP ON TRUCK TO UN FURL TARP. MAN TRYING TO GET ON FOOTING TO UNFURL TARP WENT TO STEP ON DOOR SILL AND SILL GAVEWAY.

October 9, 1992 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

MAN WAS BRINGING OIL FOR JACK THAT WAS BEING USED TO POSITION TUB WEAR PLATES UNDERNEATH 740M SHOVEL WHILE WALKING UNDERNEATH TO REACH WORK AREA HE HIT HIS FOREHEAD.

July 15, 1992 PA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

WHILE WORKING ON HIGH PRESSURE LIGHTS MAN CALLED TO OTHER DUTIES, UPON RETURNING HE TOUCHED WIRES AND FELT A SHOCK.

1991 · 1 incident

1983 · 4 incidents

April 14, 1983 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

RELINING BRAKES ON MACK TRUCK AND PUTTING BRAKE DRUM BACK ON WHICH WAS A TIGHT FIT AND TOLD HIS PARTNER TO GIVE IT A BUMP WITH A BLOCK WHICH HE DID AND GOT HIT FINGER CAUGHT BEHIND DRUM.

January 31, 1983 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 from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM PAYLOADER WHEN HIS FOOT WENT INTO A DEPRESSION IN ROAD TWISTING HIS ANKLE

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