Mining Incidents

Hilltop SiteMetal/Nonmetal

Dillner, Greene County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609590
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE was hauling shot rock when another machine operator approched EE went to his right and hit a frozen pile of rock which was covered with snow causing the truck to shift to the left. This caused the EE to hit his head and leg.

2009 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Drill operator was drilling blast holes. After breaking a drill steel, one had to be put back on. While adding the drill steel onto mast, the drill hammer was turning. When the striker bar of the hammer threaded into the drill steel it began to rotate wrapping the operators glove, sweat shirt & eventually his arm around the drill steel causing amputation of right arm above elbow.