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Weaver Strip Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

H & H Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Mc Clintock John T
Windber, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605587

Weaver Strip Mine has had no fatalities among 7 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. H & H Coal Company 1975 to 1986
  2. H & H Coal Company 1986 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)
1988 0
1987 0
1986 6 22,805
1985 7 30,809
1984 8 134,029
1983 6 19,341
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Weaver Strip Mine 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

7 on file

1986 · 4 incidents

June 13, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & H Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING SWING SH5FT GEAR OFF, IT HIT LEFT ARM.

June 13, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H & H Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE TRYING TO3TAKE RACE OF BEARING POUNDING WITH HAMMER PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND WENT IN TIRT LEG

March 19, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H & H Coal Company · Fall down stairs

PUTTING LIME IN3LIMER WHEN FOOT CAUGHT ON STEP OF LIME SHED. THROWING I NAME DOWN AND TWISTED BACK.

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1985 · 1 incident

July 16, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
H & H Coal Company · Struck by flying object

DIRT BLEW IN RIGHT EYE.

1984 · 1 incident

July 11, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & H Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHEN I,NAME STEPED ON STEP OF LOADER-THE STEP GAVE WAY-CAUSING RIGHT LEG TO HIT COUNTERWEIGHT OF MACHINE AND PUNCTURING RIGHT LEG.

1983 · 1 incident

July 14, 1983 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
H & H Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE STEAM CLEANING MACHINE HOSE BLEW OFF CAUSING BURN TO STOMACH