Mining Incidents

Baird #2 Coal

B B C Coal Company · Surface
Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608216

MSHA record for Baird #2 (mine ID 3608216). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1995–1998
Latest incident
Mar 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
5
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 5 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 1 incident

March 18, 1998 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B B C Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE COAL CRUSHER WAS PLUGGED. EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE IT WITH A 4' BAR, CAUSING STRAIN RESULTING IN A HERNIA.

1997 · 1 incident

April 11, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B B C Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUMPING WATER. EE WAS PULLING DISCHARGE HOSE. HE STEPPED INTO A DIRT CREVIS AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1995 · 1 incident

June 16, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B B C Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM ONT EH BACK OF THE DOZER IN ORDER TO GREASE THE RIPPER. HE STEPPED BACKWARD, HIS FOOT WENT INTO AN OPENING IN THE PLATFORM, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE . HE FELL ONTO THE FLATFORM, INJURING HIS TAILBONE.

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