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Eagle Hill Strip Coal

Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3605518

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,166
proposed penalties
$3,166
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 19, 2011 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Joseph Kuperavage Coal Company · 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

February 24, 2001 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Joseph Kuperavage Coal Company · 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

January 11, 2000 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Joseph Kuperavage Coal Company · 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.