Mining Incidents

Dooley Run MineCoal

Mt. Morris, Greene County, PA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608831
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Machine came to sudden stop - cut employee's right arm.

2007 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Continuous miner was pulling last rib on block when a roof fall occurred causing continuous miner to be trapped under rock fall.

2006 · 5 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Shuttle car was stuck on feeder scoop, was lifting shuttle car. Injured was hooking up a chain to shuttle car; shuttle car slipped off scoop bucket causing bucket to jar, knocking EE to rib.

Struck by flying object

Injured was sitting w/intersection bolting miner. Shuttle car trammed into but ran over rock causing rock to fly striking injured in the forehead.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured was pulling the contactor case from Eimco shuttle car. He felt pain in back, he finished shift and tried to work the next day. Pain was too bad and he had to go to doctor.

Accident type, without injuries

Working place #6 entry cut back into 10 rm causing a three way intersection. The breakthru at 10 rm fell. 4 ft high, 17 ft wide and 20 ft long.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was helping to install a 4 ft roof bolt, bolt started to bend, he put hand up to straighten bolt. Co-worker put up pressure on bolt causing it to bend and caught injured's right thumb against roof.

2002 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOVING S & S CANOPY SCOOP FROM #7 FACE TO #3 FACE OF 2 SOUTH SECTION. MINER CABLE WAS HUNG FROM ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE. INJURED RAISED HIMSELF OUT OF CANOPY WITH HA ND ON STEERING PIVOT STOP TO SEE LOCATION OF BOLTER CABLE WHEN KNEE PUSHED STEERING LEVER CAUSING SCOOP TO PIVOT AND SMASH LEFT RING FINGER.

Accident type, without injuries

CLAY SLIP IN ROOF AND MUD LAYER JUST ABOVE 5 FT TEST HOLE DEPTH.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN ROADWAY WHEN OPERATOR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.