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Mine No 4 Coal

East Windber Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Toth Brothers & Johnstown Coal Company

Krings, Somerset County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3607184

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1985–1987
Latest incident: May 1987

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 8, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

East Windber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR HAD HI8 HAND ON THE END OF AN AUGER, WHILE PULLING THE AUGER TO LOAD IT ON THE SLED, HE RAN THE AUGER END INTO THE KELLY BAR. THE END OF HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AUGER AND THE KELLY BAR 3

1985 · 2 incidents

June 5, 1985 PA · Coal MACHINERY

East Windber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS STANDING TO THE SIDE OBSERVING THE AUGER CREW.THE ONE OPERATOR SWUNG THE AUGER ONTO THE SLED.AS IT WAS BEINS PLACED ON THE SLED I REACHED OVER TO ASSIST HIM AND PLACED MYFOOT WHERE IT DI DN\T BELONG.AS HE LOWERED THE HOIST THE AUGER STRUCK ME ON THE TOP OF MY FOOT AND BRUISED TI.

May 28, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

East Windber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WORKING THE HOIST OPERATORS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE KELLY BAR AND THE AUGER.