Mining Incidents

Pine Glen Coal

Controlled by Avery Inc
Pine Glen, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607579

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

March 15, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH TO PUT BEARING S ON THE SHAFT OF A CAT D-9 DOZER. AS HE STRUCK THE PUNCH A PC. OF METAL FLEW FROM HEAD OF PUNCH INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE SILVER OF METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED.

January 12, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ATTE4PTING TO DISLODGE A LUMP THAT HAD JAMMED THE CRUSHER. VICTIM HAD MISTAKENLY TURNED OFF THE CONVEYOR INSTEAD OF THE CRUSHER. AS THE PRYBAR BROKE THRU THE COAL THAT HAD JAMMED, T HE END OF THE B5R CONTACTED THE MOVING CRUSHER, CAUSING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BAR TO BE JERKED FROM THE VICTIMS HANDS, AND STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD & SHOULDERS.

1987 · 3 incidents

March 25, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING INTO C5B OF DOZER,WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT,STRIKING RIGHT HAND.

March 23, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS SITT3NG IN 50 TON WACCBO ROCK TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING LOADED.AS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED A LARGE PIECE OF FROZEN DIRT FELL FROM LOADER BUCKET INTO TRUCK BED.AS TRUCK WAS JARRED TO RIGH T VICTIM STRUCK3LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST DOOR.

February 11, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND HI8 FOREMAN WERE LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ONTO BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. THE DRUM WAS APPROX. HALF FULL OF OIL. WHILE LIFTING, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE RESULT ING IN A HERNIA1

1986 · 1 incident

March 3, 1986 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Avery Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE HAD RE4OVED RADIATOR FROM LIMA 2400 DRAGLINE HE PUT A PIECE OF PIPE IN BOTTOM OF RADIATOR IN ORDER TO DRAIN WATER. WHILE WORKING IN THIS AREA. HE TRIPPED OVE PIPE.