Mining Incidents

Eagle Hill StripCoal

Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, PA · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3605518
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing a tooth from a dragline bucket when a clump of dirt dislodged from the tooth socket and struck him in the face. Despite wearing goggles, a piece of dirt or rust apparently got in his eye causing irritation. EE decided to report the injury on 7/25/11 and lost 1 day of work after a foreign body was removed from his eye by a doctor on 7/25/11.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO JOB SITE AT 6:00 AM IN THE DARK TO HIS WORK SITE. EE STUMBLED ON A FOREIGN OBJECT CAUSING BACK PAIN.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING INSIDE THE HOUSE OF A DRAGLINE SHOVEL (REPAIRING COUNTERSHAFT) WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW A REAR DOOR PANEL OUT OF ITS TRACK AND IT STRUCK EE'S HEAD.