Mining Incidents

Irishtown StripsCoal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Brockway, Clearfield County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608867
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

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

Miner was replacing a roller on a dozer when it slipped and pinned his thumb under the roller causing a laceration

2001 · 2 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

STANDING ON R. REAR TIRE TRYING TO REPAIR STEER-ING PIN WITH POCKET KNIFE. SLIPPED OFF TIRE WHILE HOLDING KNIFE AND FELL ONTO KNIFE BLADE, STABBING HIMSELF IN THE LEG. 3 STITCHES REQUIRED

Struck by falling object

WORKING ON 475 DOZER TAKING PIN OUT OF BEAM. BEAM DROPPED AND PINNED AND SMASHED FINGER.