Mining Incidents

Litke #4 And Litke #6: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Lobb Mining · Surface
Controlled by Lobb William T Jr
Orviston, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608186

Litke #4 And Litke #6 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Ownership history
  1. Lobb Mining 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1995 0
1994 0
1993 1 3,942
1992 7 35,270
1991 6 43,300
1990 6 4,972
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Litke #4 And Litke #6 sits in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 3 incidents

August 15, 1992 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Lobb Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

54736YEE WAS OPERATING THE TIPPLE CRUSHING COAL WHEN THE BIN PLUGGED UP EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO BIN TO KNOCK THE COAL LOOSE & INTO THE ROLLERS WHEN THE COAL CAVED IN EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE 95243TING IN A SEVERE SPRAIN & BONE CHIPS FROM HIS ANKLE

July 15, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Lobb Mining · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE LIFTED HIS WELDING SHIELD WHILE WELDING ON TIPPLE TO CHECK HIS WELD, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK AN ARK WITH THE WELDING ROD. BOTH EYES ARE BURNED FROM THE ARC. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, T HE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT 7-16-92 AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 7-17-92.

February 29, 1992 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lobb Mining · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISEMBARKING FROM BULLDOZER TO REFUEL & SLIPPED OFF TRACKS CONDITIONS WERE WET MUDDY & SLIPPERY THIS RESULTED IN INJURY TO LOWER LEFT BACK INJURY NOT CONFIRMED BY PHYSICIAN UNTIL 03-28-92 BY ROCKWOOD CASUALTY INSURNCE CO WC#531503 EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT