Mining Incidents

River Hill Tipple Coal

Controlled by Harry J Hanchar
Karthaus, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608683

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
311
citations
160
significant & substantial
$464,078
proposed penalties
$232,554
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2014 · 1 incident

May 7, 2014 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Working on hydraulic leak next to engine, Hand came in contact with fan blade.

2011 · 1 incident

August 9, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on 570 loader replacing u-joint. hammering on the u-joint and a piece of metal broke off and went into employees arm.

2010 · 1 incident

June 10, 2010 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Broken finger, raised pin to connect cable to loader. Pin fell on finger.

2008 · 4 incidents

September 5, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lost balance on concrete pad, twisted ankle. Had x-ray done.

July 9, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was standing behind truck directing truck when employee was pinned by truck to wall.

July 2, 2008 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee stepped off ladder of truck right knee buckled when foot hit the ground. He continued to work with no lost time until 9/10/08 when he went in for an operation.

2006 · 1 incident

March 21, 2006 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PULLED MUSCLES, STRAINED SHOULDER & BACK OF ARM WHILE RAISING BED ON TRUCK TO DUMP & PULLING OUT AWAY FROM LOAD.

2005 · 1 incident

July 5, 2005 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS CHANGING FORK ON BOBCAT SKID STEER BUCKET. EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN BUCKET AND WALL AS BUCKET WAS MOVING. BUCKET STRUCK EE'S ANKLE, SPRAINING IT.

2003 · 1 incident

May 14, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BELT SCRAPER IN PLACE. WENT TO THE DOCTORS ON 9-3-03. OPERATION 9-22-03. TO BE OFF 3 TO 4 WEEKS.

2002 · 1 incident

October 15, 2002 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HOSE BROKE ON LOADER, IT CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD. GLASS IN EYE.

2001 · 1 incident

January 19, 2001 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON ICY CONDTIONS. WENT TO DR ON 2/12/01