Mining Incidents

Stolicta Mine Coal

Controlled by Kuzemchak Fred
Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608673

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 4, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fred Kuzemchak Mining · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

OPERATOR WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE CAB OF THE DOZER MAKING SOME REPAIRS, WHEN DIRT CAVED IN ON THE MACHINE PUSHING EMP INTO THE MACHINE CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS FOREHEAD AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.

1995 · 1 incident

January 27, 1995 PA · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
Fred Kuzemchak Mining · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL OUT OF BOTTOM ROLLER ON CONVEYOR SO HE COULD GREASE THE ROLLER BEARING. WHILE DOING THIS EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND STUCK IN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND SMASHED HIS HAND.