Mining Incidents

Burns Mine Coal

Controlled by David S Herrholtz
Blough, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609131

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2005–2018
Latest incident
Feb 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
64
citations
23
significant & substantial
$10,927
proposed penalties
$10,643
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 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 874 5 3 5720.8
2018 Q2 2,877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,976 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,154 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,653 1 1 273.7
2017 Q2 2,705 3 0 1109.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2018 · 1 incident

February 14, 2018 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was doing maintenance work on Cat D11R dozer. EE slipped & fell on the cleated foot step causing a gash to left shin. Medical attention resulted in 5 stitches to close the wound.

2017 · 1 incident

October 11, 2017 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was replacing a damaged hydraulic hose on a Komatsu WA380 end loader. A protruding wire on the hose punctured the index finger of right hand. The next day hand was swollen & painful. EE then reported the injury to the superintendent & sought medical attention.

2010 · 1 incident

April 5, 2010 PA · Coal drill operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Drill was shut off for re-fueling. While fueling drill, fuel sprayed back out of tank, soaked driver and flashed/ignited. Driller was transported by private vehicle to hospital and was treated for burns.

2009 · 1 incident

2008 · 2 incidents

February 1, 2008 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving rock truck. He did not feel well. His wife spoke to him at 4 PM & he was fine. He told her he was working until 6 PM. He went to the company rental house for the night. He returned to work on 2-2-08 and worked approximately 3 hours. He left to go home. He drove for about 4 hours & called home. His son-in-law transported him to hospital.

January 15, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing oil in drill rig, employee walked around front of drill, slipped on ice and twisted ankle. Employee heard ankle snap and was/is unable to put weight on it.

2007 · 1 incident

December 27, 2007 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting 5 gallon buckets of anti freeze up onto the dozer. Employee notified employer on 1/2/08. Employee worked up until 1/9/08. He had surgery on 1/9/08.

2005 · 1 incident

August 24, 2005 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sherpa Mining Contractors, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee had one foot on dozer arm and the other foot on tilt cylinder. Employee's foot slipped off tilt cylinder. This caused him to fall backwards off dozer onto his back end.