Struck by flying object
WHILE STEADYING A BEARING SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD USE A HAMMER TO KNOCK IT LOOSE, A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW OFF THE BEARING AND LODGED IN OUR EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
Centre County StripsCoal
Rosebud Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Philipsburg, Centre County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609414
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2013
- Latest incident
- Aug 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2013 · 2 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee states reeling oil hose at the oil trailer stepped into a hole catching his toe on a rock causing him to fall, spraining his left hand. No medical attention until 6/27, X-ray of the hand revealed a fracture to the metacarpal bones in his hand.