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Buckley Colliery Breaker: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Louis J Beltrami
Eckley, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601717

Buckley Colliery Breaker has had no fatalities among 13 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Beltrami Enterprises Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 16
1986 20
1985 22
1984 24
1983 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Buckley Colliery Breaker sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1987 · 7 incidents

November 18, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING ROCK PU5LED MUSCLE LOWER RT BACK

May 18, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTNG PU4P OUT OF PLACE, LOST FOOTING AND HIT ANGLE IRON BRACE WITH FOOT.

May 4, 1987 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BRUISED FINGER 5IFTING CHANNEL IRON.

January 28, 1987 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE P3CKING ROCK FROM SHAKER.

1986 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

September 18, 1984 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PUMP CASING

1983 · 3 incidents

February 5, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK GREASING ROLLS