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Lykens #4 Coal

Char-Pac Coal Co LLC · Surface

Controlled by Charlie Sorokach

Zerbe, Schuylkill County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3608985

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2005
Latest incident: Feb 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$720

proposed penalties

$300

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	Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4	0	0
2014 Q2	480	0	0.0
2014 Q1	960	0	0.0
2013 Q4	960	1	1041.7
2013 Q3	200	0	0.0
2013 Q2	960	1	1041.7
2013 Q1	600	0	0.0
2012 Q4	960	1	1041.7

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

2005 · 1 incident

February 23, 2005 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Char-Pac Coal Co LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLID THE 200+ LB DRILL HAMMER TO THE BACK OF THE SERVICE TRUCK TO HOOK IT ONTO A HOIST TO INSTALL ON THE ATLAS COPCO DRILL RIG. EE TURNED, SLID IN THE MUD AND RIGHT FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD WHICH TWISTED EE KNEE AND FELL. FELLOW EE HELPED HIM TO GET UP