Mining Incidents

DREDGE ALLEGHENY IIMetal/Nonmetal

Westmoreland County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607972
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BEARINGS ON C12 TAIL PULLEY WHILE PULLING TAIL PULLEY BACK WITH CABLE PULLER HAND SLIPPED OFF OF HANDLE WHILE PULLER WAS UNDER TENSION THE HANDLE FLEW BACK & HIT EE ON THE CHIN REQUIR ED STITCHES

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS ON REAR STAIR-WELL COMING FROM TEST LAB TO MAIN DECK. WAS CARRYING PANS WEIGHING 50-70 LBS OF MATERIAL DOWN STAIR-WELL TO DISPOSE OF. FELT SHARP PINCHING IN STOMACH AREA. PUT PANS DOWN AND PAIN QUIT.

Contact with hot objects or substances

USING TORCH TO CUT OLD WELDS OFF HEAD PULLEY, WHILE CUTTING OFF OLD HEAD LAGGING ON C-1 USING ATORCH, BELT WAS REMOVED, WENT TO MOVE IWTH LIT TORCH IN HIS HAND AND SOMETHING CAUGHT IT AND SPU N IT AROUND