Mining Incidents

Bullskin TippleCoal

Connellsville, Fayette County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608647
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE FROZEN COAL IN TRUCK BED BY SWINGING TAILGATE. HE LOST FOOTING ON SLIPPERY GROUND AND HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN TAILGATE & TRUCK BED. 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WERE SEVERLY INJURED.