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Boltz Yard: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Millcreek Processing · Facility
Seward, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608086

MSHA record for Boltz Yard (mine ID 3608086). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. Millcreek Processing 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Boltz Yard sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

September 29, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Millcreek Processing · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO FREE COAL WHICH HAD JAMMED IN THE CRUSHER HOPPER AS SOME OF THE COAL LOOSENED THE PRY BAR HIT THE CRUSHER & BOUNCED UP & HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING ELEVEN STITCHES

1993 · 1 incident

July 29, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millcreek Processing · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO FREE COAL WHICH HAD BECOME JAMMED IN THE CRUSHER HOPPER. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE HOPPER AND STEPPED ACROSS IT. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND BEGAN TO FALL HITTING HIS LEG ON HOPPER. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF HE HIT HIS RIBS AND ALSO HIS HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH THE PRY BAR.