WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN IN PIT HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED & SPRAYED OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. OIL IGNITED & CAUSED MOST OF MACHINE TO BE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. OPERATO R ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. MACHINE BURNED FOR APPROX 25 MIN & CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
Burnside Tract Coal
Prushnok Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Punxsutawney,
Clearfield County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606790
MSHA record for Burnside Tract (mine ID 3606790). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1990
- Latest incident
- Oct 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1990 · 1 incident
Prushnok Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
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