Mining Incidents

Smith Mine Coal

Controlled by Bullers Amor D
Corsica, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606123

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

July 23, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A CRANE HAD LIF7ED A COUNTERWEIGHT FROM THE DRAGLINE AND SAT IT ON BLOCKS THE INJURED MAN HAD MOTIONED FOR THE CRANE OPERATOR TO LOOSEN THE CABLE SO HE COULD UNHOOK A PIN THE COUNTERWEIGHT SLI PPED AND CAME D2WN PINNING THE MAN

March 23, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
R E M Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING TRACK LINKS AND SEAL AREA-PIECE ENTERED RT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1984 · 1 incident

June 26, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R E M Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LIFTING BAGS OF LIME AND LOADING IT TO BE PUT IN PONDS.HE FELL ONTO FLOOR OF TRAILER WHERE LIME IS STORED AND WAS UNABLE TO GET UP ALONE.

1983 · 1 incident

February 3, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
R E M Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

IT WAS DURING A FREEZING AND THAWING SITUATION THE OILER ON A DRAGLINE WENT INTO CUT OT CHECK WATER PUMP WHILE ATTENDING TO PUMP SPOIL SLID UP AGAINST PUMP PINNING OILER HE RECEIVED SOME CUTS AND BRUISES AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED