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Central City Synfuel Coal

Central City Synfuel · Facility

Controlled by William J West

Reels Corner, Somerset County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3608747

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2001–2003
Latest incident: Feb 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,111

proposed penalties

$1,111

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	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1	2,799	0	0.0
2007 Q4	19,421	0	0.0
2007 Q3	20,981	0	0.0
2007 Q2	20,668	0	0.0
2007 Q1	20,451	0	0.0
2006 Q4	17,579	0	0.0
2006 Q3	15,150	2	132.0
2006 Q2	17,574	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

6 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 18, 2003 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central City Synfuel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES WHILE DOING DUTIES HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS LEFT HAND AND THUMB. WENT TO HOSPITAL, X-RAY THAT WAS TAKEN FAILS TO DEMONSTRATE A FRACTURE. HOWEVER THERE APPEARS TO BE A SPUR ON THE NAVICULAR PART OF THE BONE. THUMB SPICA HAS CREATED IMMOBILIZATION.

2002 · 3 incidents

May 18, 2002 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central City Synfuel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS SHOVELING COAL INTO THE FEED BIN, HE WAS HURRYING AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT TO GET THE AREA CLEAN FOR THE NEXT CREW, MATERIAL WAS WET, HE LIFTED THE SHOVEL TO TOSS THE MATERAL INTO TH E FEED BIN & FELT A PINCH IN HIS NECK.

March 8, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central City Synfuel · Struck against stationary object

THE EE JOLTED UP UNDER NEATH THE CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE.

January 23, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central City Synfuel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WORKS IN MAINIENANCE & WAS CALLED ON TO RESEARCH A PROBLEM ON OUR #4 SCREW FEED TAIL DRUM. HENOTICED THE DRUM WAS SHINY. THEN LEANED OVER THERAIL (HANDRAIL WAS 32"FROM DRUM)& RUBBED THE TAI L DRUM WITH BACK OF HIS HAND TO SEE IT HAS ANTI ZEIZE & THE TAIL DRUM GRABBED THE GLOVE & PULLEDFINGER BETWEEN FRAMEWORK & THE TAIL DRUM

2001 · 2 incidents

November 28, 2001 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central City Synfuel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CHUTE AND COAL CAME OUT AROUND THE CHUTE AND CAME DOWN IN HIS FACE INTO HIS EYE. METAL WAS NOT DETECTED UNTIL 4/23/02, THEN REMOVED.

June 12, 2001 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Central City Synfuel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PROPPED FOOT UP ON END OF BRIQUET MACHINE BOLT TO HOLD THE BASE IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAMMERED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACHINE TO LOOSEN A BOLT. THE SLEDGE HAMMER GAVE A VIBRA TION TO THE BASE TO WHICH HE HAD HIS FOOT PROPPED UP ON.