Mining Incidents

Tito Mine White Vein Slope Coal

Kimmel's Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Scott B Kimmel
Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3606815

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
96
citations
30
significant & substantial
$14,791
proposed penalties
$5,957
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
2009 Q4 0 1 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 620 6 0 9677.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

December 22, 2004 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Tito Coal · Struck against a moving object

WHILE MEN WERE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE, THE MINE CAR ENCOUNTERED A PIECE OF FALLEN ROCK CAUSING THE FRONT END TO SHIFT & CONTACT A PIECE OF TIMBER WHICH STALLED THE HOIST & CAUSED HOIST ROPE TO TEAR. SLOPE CAR TRAVELED DOWN SLOPE 80-100 FT, WHERE THE BACK END DERAILED & CAME TO REST AGAINST THE RIB.