Mining Incidents

Loomis Bank Operation Coal

Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608677

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,460
proposed penalties
$2,460
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 2,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,818 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,565 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,032 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11,397 2 2 175.5
2009 Q1 11,140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 10,948 1 0 91.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2009 · 1 incident

April 28, 2009 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee sustained injuries when he was cutting a scrap grizzly. The employee was struck on the side of his head (fractured bone) when a section of steel he was cutting de-stressed and pivoted upward with the sideboard. Another section of steel landed on the top of both of his feet. (both feet had lacerations). More detail to be ammended to this report.

2006 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

January 31, 2001 PA · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall onto or against objects

CLOUDY,FREEZING RAIN CONDITIONS. WHILE EE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRAGLINE (STANDING ON THE DECK) WHEN HE TURNED TO HIS LEFT USING 3 POINT CONTROL TO GET IT MORE PAPER TOWLES USING LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM & FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE BREAKING HIS LEFT HAND