Mining Incidents

Primrose SlopeCoal

R & K Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jerry W Lucas Jr
Goodspring, Schuylkill County, PA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608341
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Left in coal buggie, a buggie of rock was dumped into slope buggie. Ladder was forgotten about causing the rock to jam on tipple chute when buggie was dumped into chute outside. Foreman then stood on side of rock truck to poke up at jammed ladder and rock with mine board causing rock to slide down board knocking foreman down along side of rock truck.

2003 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

THE 2ND OUTLET HAS HAD A RIB RUN/ROOF FALL FROM TOP OF PILLAR INBY 1ST LEVEL GANGWAY ESCAPEWAY. THE RIB RUN/FALL WAS CAUSED BY WATER COURSING DOWN THE 2ND OUTLET ESCAPEWAY. FALL/RUN OCCURED BE FORE START OF SHIFT 10/13/03. NO MINERS WERE INJURED OR IN THE MINE AT TIME OF OCCURENCE. VENTILATING AIR IS COURSING THROUGH RETURN AIR COURSE.

Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL RIB FALL.