Mining Incidents

Lepley Mine Job #6 Coal

Laura D Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stufft James W
Somerset, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607796

MSHA record for Lepley Mine Job #6 (mine ID 3607796). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
4
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 4 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 11, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Commonwealth Coals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

DOZER WAS HEATING UP AND EMPLOYEE THOUGHT RADIATOR WAS EMPTY. WHEN HE TOOK CAP OFF STEAM HIT HIM.

1987 · 1 incident

February 13, 1987 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Commonwealth Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING BRAKE LINING ON BAND OF DRAGLINE HIS WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE PULLED HIS SHOULDER OUT

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