Mining Incidents

MarmonCoal

Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609954
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
May 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was spraying detergent on the boom of the PC400 excavator with a 1 1/2 gallon garden sprayer. Some of the detergent ran down his arm and got between his rubber gloves and Tyvek suit, causing redness and irritation to his right wrist and left forearm.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping load a 11R22.5 truck tire into the foreman' s pickup. Both the employee and the foreman were lifting the tire into the truck bed when the foreman lost his grip and the employee attempted to hold on to the tire by himself. He twisted his left knee while holding the tire by himself.