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Huber Bank Operation Coal

U. S. Operating Services Company · Facility

Controlled by Calypso Energy Holdings LLC

Hanover Township, Luzerne County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3608676

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Jan 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$949

proposed penalties

$949

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3	64	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	204	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	48	1	0	20833.3
2004 Q4	544	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	1,215	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	1,069	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	1,742	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	6,661	2	1	300.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

January 24, 2001 PA · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall from ladders

THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED BY THE EE UNTIL 2/6/01. EE WAS COMING DOWN A FIXED LADDER WHEN HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF LADDER & FELL BACKWARDS 2 FTFROM GROUND AND LANDED ON RIGHT HIP. EE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 2/6/01 WHEN EE STARTED TO HAVE BACK PAIN. AT THIS TIME INVESTIGATIONS IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WORK RELATED

January 9, 2001 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

U. S. Operating Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH PG&E OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY FOR FIVE YEARS AS A EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND HAS BEEN AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR 18 YEARS. EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT CARPAL TUNNEL SURGER Y TO HIS RIGHT HAND ON 1-09-01. AN INVESTIGATIONHAS BEEN STARTED. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED WORK RELATED AT THIS TIME.

2000 · 3 incidents

July 17, 2000 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

U. S. Operating Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS LAID ON ITS SIDE TO BE WELDED ON; EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BUCKET CHAINS AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE BENT OVER TO ENTER THE BUCKET WORK AREA.

May 5, 2000 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

U. S. Operating Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A NUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT WITH ANIMPACT WRENCH. THE NUT DISLODGED FROM A FIXED BAR, THE BOLT AND NUT TURNED PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE 'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF BETWEEN THE NAIL BED AND THE FIRST KNUCKLE.

January 23, 2000 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall down stairs

EE OPENED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE TRAILER AND STEPPED ONTO THE PLATFORM. HE STARTED TO CLOSE DOOR AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, FEET FIRST. THE EE HIT HIS HEAD, RIGHT ELBOW AND R IGHT RIBS ON THE BACK ON THE WOODEN STAIRS.