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Neal Operation: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Barbara M Bearer
Mcwilliams, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607458

Neal Operation has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
Feb 1995
Ownership history
  1. Howard Neal Coal Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 0
1999 0
1998 2 30,364
1997 0
1996 0
1995 3 15,860
1994 4 12,527
1993 6 50,347
1992 8 50,157
1991 3
1990 6 40,881
1989 7 71,077
1988 7 54,926
1987 10 65,023
1986 11 103,406
1985 8 42,590
1984 2 21,740
1983 2 4,713
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Neal Operation sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1995 · 1 incident

February 10, 1995 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A WATER PUMP ON A D10 DOZER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW.HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTWENTION TILL 03-08-95,X-RAYS TAKEN AND WERE NEGATIVE. ON 03-2 3-95 HE RECEIVED A CORTISONE SHOT AS INJURY WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM.NO LOST TIME.

Show 4 earlier incidents

1990 · 1 incident

February 7, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A D9-H DOZER, HE RAN OVER A ROCK, JARRING HIS BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

February 23, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING REMOVE ADAPTER FROM BUCKET OF LOADER.THUMB ON RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ADAPTER AND LIP OF BUCKET.

1988 · 1 incident

August 16, 1988 PA · Coal MACHINERY
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP STATES HE BEGAN HAVING LOWER BACK PAIN IN MARCH 1988.HE SAYS HIS WORK IS AGGREVATING A CONDITION DIAGNOSED AS A BULGING DISC.WIL BE OFF DUE TO BACK OPERATION 6-8 WKS.

1987 · 1 incident

September 25, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING DOWN FROM HIS SCRAPER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN A HOLE, SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE.