Mears Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HELPER WAS SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER AND LET GO OF IT WHEN EE WAS HOLDING THE AUGER INJURING HIS LEFT 4TH FINGER. BREAKING 4TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
Smith Mine Coal
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Shady Plain,
Armstrong County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607862
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,072
proposed penalties
$1,072
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q2 | 946 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 2,702 | 7 | 2 | 2590.7 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,210 | 1 | 1 | 826.4 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Mears Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN REMOVING CONVEYOR FROM THE HIGHWALL, THE CUTTING HEAD PUSHED THE CONVEYOR UP IN THE AIR. EE TRIED TO HOLD THE CONVEYOR DOWN AND HIS LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST ON THE AUGER MACHINE AND THE CONVEYOR CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS HAND.