Mining Incidents

Acosta Mine III Coal

Godin Bros Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rob Mears; Curt Mears
Jenners, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608117

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,662
proposed penalties
$1,662
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
2008 Q1 4,050 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,832 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,013 2 1 498.4
2007 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,427 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,370 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,444 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,087 1 0 244.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 1 incident

June 4, 2007 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Godin Bros Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was pulling pump hose & slipped on loose ground & caught right front foot between 2 rocks. Strained right foot.

2003 · 1 incident

June 23, 2003 PA · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
Godin Bros Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE'S HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST CABLE AND THE KELLY BAR AND TWO FINGERS WERE SEVERED.

2002 · 1 incident

November 8, 2002 PA · Coal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Godin Bros Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC LIFT AN EMPTY WOODEN CABLE SPOOL WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

October 2, 2001 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Godin Bros Inc · Struck by falling object

WELDER WELDED A HOOK-UP WELD TO A PIECE OF SHEETMETAL FOR LIFTING. WHILE LIFTING THE HOOK-UP BROKE AT THE WELD POINT AND THE SHEET STRUCK THE WELDER ON THE RIGHT FOOT.