Mining Incidents

Big Run Coal

Controlled by Avery Inc
Beech Creek, Clinton County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606473

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

July 20, 1983 PA · Coal drill helper ELECTRICAL
Avery Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO DRILL AND PLACED HAND ON OPERATORS CAB LIGHTNING STRUCK DRILL MAST WENT DOWN DRILL AND STRUCK HIM HE WAS THROWN ABOUT 4? FEET INTO THE AIR AND STARTED TO RUN THEN CRAWL ED TO HIS CAR HE WAS TAKEN TO REMOVO HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION