Mining Incidents

Lucerne Coal

Homer City, Indiana County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609442

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
26
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,760
proposed penalties
$3,760
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
2025 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,213 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 861 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,009 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,086 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,673 2 1 1195.5
2024 Q1 1,741 0 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

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

August 11, 2022 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Compass Coal Co · Struck by flying object

Working on lift axle, air bag exploded and hit chest

2019 · 1 incident

February 20, 2019 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Fuel Management Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was hand-salting an icy area on the haul road. EE was spreading calcium chloride when EE slipped on the ice and fell catching self with EE's left hand. After an x-ray at the local emergency room it was determined to be a fractured left wrist. Also, the next morning EE's left knee swelled. Received another x-ray, no fractures.