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
Smith Mine Coal
R E M Coal Company Inc
· Surface
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 file1987 · 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
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