Mining Incidents

Metco Mining & Minerals Inc: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Rockwood, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605548

Metco Mining & Minerals Inc has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Metco Mining & Minerals Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 0
1993 3 13,065
1992 6 12,508
1991 11 71,656
1990 12 41,110
1989 12 48,065
1988 8 55,076
1987 8 38,610
1986 7 24,231
1985 6 25,269
1984 5 21,311
1983 4 18,235
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Metco Mining & Minerals Inc sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1990 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PASSING WORK AREA TO TELL THE MAN HE WAS GOING TO MAKE PHONE CALL WHEN THE MAN HIT THE TOOTH AND A SPELL FLUE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

July 3, 1990 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 MEN PLACING AN ID SIGN POST WHILE DRIVING POST INTO THE GROUND I NAME ASUMED THE POST WAS IN THE GROUND FAR ENOUGH AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE TOP OF THE POST TO SHAKE IT THE MAN II DRAINED THE POST WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING ANOTHER BLOW TO THE POST AND THE SWING OF THE HAMMER.

Show 1 earlier incidents

1989 · 1 incident

April 29, 1989 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

2ND & 3RD DEG BURNS OF FOREARMS AND LEGS-TOTAL 12%.MAN REMOVED DISCHARGE HOSE FROM PUMP ALLOWING HOT WATER TO COME OUT ON HIM.CAUSING BURNS ON FOREARMS AND UPPER LEGS.