Mining Incidents

Bird #2 Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Tire Hill, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600943

MSHA record for Bird #2 (mine ID 3600943). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 29, 1988 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · INUNDATION
Island Creek Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DEATH BY HEART ATTCK(NATURAL CAUSE) NOT MINE OR JOB RELATED

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

April 29, 1988 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner OTHER
Island Creek Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUFFERED SLIGHT HEART ATTACK CLAIMS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS AS HE WAS MOVING ANOTHER HEART ATTACK VICTIM A SHORT DISTANCE

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