Mining Incidents

Commonwealth Quarry Coal

Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608899

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Jun 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$66
proposed penalties
$66
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 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 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

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

June 28, 2010 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Commonwealth Environmental Systems · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Shot crew had completed pumping emulsion blasting agent into glast holes. The truck operator was cleaning out pumping system by pressurizing system when the product delivery hose burst. When employee moved to avoid emulsion spray he triped and fell to ground, tried to catch himself and jammed his little finger dislocating it and tearing the tendon