Mining Incidents

Brink Coal

Northern Son Inc · Surface
Controlled by Franklin S Schall
Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608906

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
54
citations
39
significant & substantial
$57,260
proposed penalties
$31,722
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
2009 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 3,200 3 2 937.5
2008 Q4 4,251 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,050 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,128 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,423 2 1 191.9
2007 Q4 10,600 1 0 94.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 9, 2007 PA · Coal FIRE
Northern Son Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Dozer operator was in pit when dozer caught fire, causing damage to belly pan. Reason of fire is undetermined.

2004 · 1 incident

December 29, 2004 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Northern Son Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Truck driver & mechanic were attempting to set engine in D11 Dozer with boom truck. Outrigger slipped off block, engine shifted pinning both legs between dozer & engine.