Mining Incidents

Sioux Bank Coal

Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608822

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2016
Latest incident
Dec 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
56
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,662
proposed penalties
$6,662
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
2025 Q4 978 1 0 1022.5
2025 Q3 1,334 1 1 749.6
2025 Q2 1,606 1 0 622.7
2024 Q4 2,033 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,756 9 5 5125.3
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,300 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

3 on file

2016 · 1 incident

December 6, 2016 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Diamond Mining Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was getting off loader and slipped on the last step which had ice on it and fell and injured shoulder.

2008 · 1 incident

April 7, 2008 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Diamond Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was exiting 966-g front end loader. His foot slipped off loader step when he grabbed the hand hold his fingers jammed into it. EE broke the shaft 2nd metacarpit on the left hand.

2007 · 1 incident

July 6, 2007 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Diamond Mining Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting loader when he lost his footing and fell hitting the hand hold on the loader ladder before falling to the ground. Broke four ribs on the left side.