Mining Incidents

TIDIOUTE PIT AND MILLMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Colas S A
Tidioute, Warren County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604670
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Nov 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LIFTING A 20' LONG STEEL PIPE OUT OF THE RIVER WITH THE HOIST ON HIS MECHANICS TRUCK. IT WAS COMING UP OK WHEN THE SPEED OF THE CURRENT IN THE WATER PUT TENSION ON THE BASKET AND WHEN IT CLEARED THE WATER IT STARTED SPINNING AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD AND SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.