Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I WAS KNEELING ON GROUND PUTTING AIR INTO TRUCK TIRE WHEN I TRIED TO STAND UP MY RIGHT KNEE WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN.
Somerset Mine 36Coal
AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Acosta, Somerset County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608301
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Nov 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A RUBBER FLAT WITH A CROW BAR WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND CAME IN CONTACTWITH A POINT OF STEEL ON A SPALSH PAN. HIS HAND WAS CUT AND THE CUT NEEDED STITCHES. NO TIME OF WORK WAS LOST.