Mining Incidents

Alden Cleaning Plant Coal

Controlled by Vincent Kassa
Alden, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3605591

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,979
proposed penalties
$5,360
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 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 160 7 2 43750.0
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
2023 Q4 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

March 24, 2011 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Fall from ladders

EE was climbing a wooden ladder and slipped when the 3rd rung from the bottom broke. EE had a brush burn. Notified investigator 3 hrs. later. EE went to the hospital the next day. EE RTW full time 3/28/11.

2005 · 2 incidents

June 1, 2005 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Fall from machine

REPAIRING LEAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON MACHINE, SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE. RECEIVED BRUISES ON LOWER BACK FROM TIRE AND HIT KNEE(RIGHT) OFF OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND

April 20, 2005 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Exiting the machine hastily, pulled muscle in his arm.