Mining Incidents

E P Bender Strip Coal

Carrolltown, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603555

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A EUCLID R-50 ROCK TRUCK. THE EUCLID LOST TRACTION WHILE ASCENDING A HILL & BEGAN TO SLIDE. THE TRUCK SLID SIDEWAYS & ROLLED ONTO RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SEATBE LT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

May 18, 1993 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS STANDING ON ROOF OF DRILL CLEANING FILTERS AND GREASING MACHINE. EE SLIPPED WHILE STANDING ON DRILL AND FELL INJURING LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

1992 · 3 incidents

September 17, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON EUCLID R-100 ROCK TRUCK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS HEET, BUT JARRED HIS BACK.

July 3, 1992 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING CRACK ON TRUCK FRAME OF CATERPILLAR MODEL D10 DOZER. AFTER BREAK PERIOD, EMPLOYEE PICKED UP MODEL CP711 ZIP GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ON SWITCH BEFORE SHIELD COVERED HI S EYES. SMALL PIECE OF METAL BECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

June 30, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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1991 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1991 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING ROCKS ONTO REJECT CONVEYOR WHILE LIFTING ROCK, EE FELT SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS BACK PAIN WORSENED AS DAY WENT ON.

January 22, 1991 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DELIVERING ELECTRIC HEATER TO HIGHLIFT OPERATOR. LADDER ON HIGHLIFT WAS ICE COVERED. EE TOSSED THE HEATER TO THE HIGHLIFT OPERATOR. HIGHLIFT OPERATOR DID NOT CATCH HEATER. EE WAS WAITIN G AT BOTTOM OF LADDER TO CATCH HEATER. HEATER HIT THE LADDER CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE OUT AND HIT EE IN THE FACE.

1990 · 4 incidents

August 15, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR D9H BULLDOZER IN REVERSE WHEN THE BULLDOZER MADE CONTACT WITH A ROCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO JAR HIS NECK.

February 23, 1990 PA · Coal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E P Bender Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO BREAK APART DRILL RODS ON A DAVEY M8A ROTARY AIR DRILL. EMPLOYEE HAD WRENCH ON DRILL RODS. RODS ARE THEN ROTATED AND WRENCH BUTTS UP AGAINST A BLOCK. PRESSURE IS THEN APPLIED TO BREAK LOOSE THE RODS. AS RODS WERE BEING ROTATED, EMPLOYEE'S HADN BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND UNDERNEATH THE BLOCK CRUSHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

February 9, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WABCO 75 TON END DUMP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF DIRT TO BE DISTRIBUTED ON THE NEW ROADWAY. THE HIGHLIFT OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE EMPLOYEE TO STOP AND DUMP T HE LOAD OF DIRT AT THE TOP OF THE ROADWAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STILL BACKING UP AND WAS COMING CLOSER TO THE POINT WHERE THE ROAD BECAME STEEPER. HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED TH

1989 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A CLARK-MICHIGAN 475B HIGHLIFT EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON LADDER & ONE FOOT ON CENTER OF MACHINE EMPLOYEE RAISED GREASE GUN OVERHEAD TO REACH GREASE FITTING & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK

May 17, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES (3) WERE REMOVING ROCKS FROM SUMP AREA. INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THIRD FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

1987 · 7 incidents

November 23, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DE8CENDING LADDER ON WABCO 75B ROCK TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS ON LAST STEP AND JUMPED TO GROUND. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK, CAUSING ANKLE TO TWIST.

September 29, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS EX3TING ELECTRICAL TRAILER-AS EMPLOYEE BEGAN DESCENDING WOODEN STEPS,THE FIRST STEP BROKE AND EMPLOYEE FELL INJURING RIGHT KNEE.

September 10, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING CAT MODEL BULLDOZER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND TWSTED LEFT ANKLE WHEN CONTACTING THE GROUND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE MEDIAL MALLELOUS.

July 14, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DI8MOUNTING BULLDOZER.BULLDOZER WAS WET FROM RAIN.EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND GRABBED RAILING TO PREVENT FALL.EMPLOYEE TWISTED BACK WHILE HOLDING ONTO RAILING.

March 23, 1987 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMP WAS REMOVIN1 TEETH FROM BUCKET OF MICHIGAN MODEL 475B HILIFT. EMP WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN PINS WHICH HOLD TEETH IN PLACE. AS SLEDGE HAMMER HIT PIN, EMP FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN IN NECK 3

January 21, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE AND CO3WORKER WERE LOADING EMPTY CABLE SPOOL IN BED OF PICK UP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SPOOL WITH RIGHT HAND AND TAILGATE OF PICK UP WITH LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE HOLDING SPOOL 5ND TAILGATE AND TWISTED BACK.

January 15, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP OPERATES A 9UCLID R50 REAR END DUMP SAID TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY LETOURNEAU L 800 HIGHLIFT AS HIGHLIFT DUMPED BUCKET INTO TRUCK THE TRUCK WAS ROCKED BY CONTENTS OF BUCKET. EMP INJURED NECK WHILE TRUC5 WAS ROCKING

1986 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS DESCEND3NG LADDER ON HIGHLIFT-HE WAS ON BOTTOM LADDER RUNG-HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET - AS HE CONTACTED THE GROUND HE HEARD A POPPING SOU ND AND BEGAN TO3FEEL PAIN IN LOWER BACK

April 21, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING READY T2 SWEEP FLOOR IN SHOP.LEANED OVER A BOX TO MOVE BUCKET PIN.HAD HOLD OF PIN AND WAS SLIDING IT ONTO A CART WHEN EMPL GOT A BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1985 PA · Coal FIRE
E P Bender Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

EMPL OPERATING 5OADER FROM 6:00AM UNTIL TIME OF ACCIDENT.MACHINE ENGINE COMPLETELY WARMED UP.EMPL LOST HYDRAULIC HOIST CONTROL AND SPECULATED THAT HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED SPEWING HYDRAULIC OIL ONTO HOT TURBO 5OCATED ON ENGINE CAUSING FIRE TO ERUPT IMMEDIATELY.DUE TO SEVERITY OF FIRE EMPLAND COWORKERS COULDNT TRY TO EXTINGUISH DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS.THE REAR,MIDDLE AND CAB OF LOAD

December 4, 1985 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS TRYING 7O ENTER DRAGLINE BY OPENING SLIDING DOOR EMP PULLED ON DOOR SEVERAL TIMES THE SLIDING DOOR WAS FROZEN EMP INJURED NECK BY PULLING ON DOOR

1984 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1984 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & POSITIONING ROCK GUARD OF FIAT-ALLIS MODEL HD 41 B BULLDOZER. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD DONE THIS MANY TIMES. BUT MUST HAVE BEEN IN AN AWKWARD STANCE. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF ERED HELP BUT REFUSED. EMPLOYEE HURT LOWER BACK

July 11, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. THE LADDER WAS WET AND SLIPPERY FROM RAIN. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 8\ TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS FEET. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT R ETAIN HIS BALANCE AND BEGAN TO FALL BACKWARD. EMPLOYEE USED HIS LEFT ARM TO STOP HIS BACKWARD FALL. EMPLOYEES BODY WEIGHT FRACTURED HIS LEFT ARM

1983 · 3 incidents

December 13, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING FRONT HEADLIGHT ONA 988A HIGHLIFT EMPLOYEE WAS STNADING ON A WET FENDER AS HE REACHED FOR LIGHT HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND

June 22, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
E P Bender Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MARKER FOR DRILL DEPTH WAS COVERED WITH DUST EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON DRILL AND WAS REMOVING DUST DRILL WAS IN OPERATION GLOVE ON RT HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN APROCKET FIRST TOOTH ON SPROCKET PINCHED RT RING FINGER BETWEEN SPROCKET AND CHAIN

April 4, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CALB E SLING TO INSTALL A DIFFERENTIAL AND AXLE HOUSING IN A EUCLID MODEL R-100 REAR DUMP TRUCK SERIAL 70546 WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE EYE END OF THE SLING FROM THE B UCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE HOUSING, THE SLING HIT EMPLOYEE\S FACE. AS A RESULT HIS UPEER LIP WAS CUT AND TWO TEETH WERE LOOSENED.