Mining Incidents

Acosta Mine Coal

Acosta, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607341

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
25
significant & substantial
$5,929
proposed penalties
$5,197
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
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,359 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,792 1 1 263.7
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

2010 · 1 incident

October 4, 2010 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Falls Creek Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into rock truck to begin shift. He twisted knee causing swelling and fluid in knee. Injury got worse by end of shift.