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Caleb Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Hardhat Mining Inc · Surface
Stoystown, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607125

MSHA record for Caleb Mine (mine ID 3607125). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Yellow Run Coal Company 1981 to 1987
  2. Hardhat Mining Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Caleb Mine sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

February 22, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Hardhat Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR TO CHECK ON ANOTHER PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT HE HAD A DOUBLE HERNIA WHICH WAS A RESULT OF HEAVY LIFTING OVER THE YEARS IMPOSSIBLE TO PINPOINT WHEN OR WHERE THIS HAPPENED

February 22, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hardhat Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAS PAIN IN HIS NECK WHICH HE FEELS IS A RESULT OF DRIVING OVER ROCKS AND BEING JARRED AROUND

1987 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hardhat Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE BEGAN ACTING STRANGELY AS IF HE WERE DISORIENTED. HE BACKED THE MACHINE TO THE END OF A LOWWALL AND PROCEEDED OVER THE EDGE. THERE WAS NO TRAUMA OR EQUIPMENT D5MAGE AS A RESULT. THE HOSPITAL REPORT LISTED THE CAUSE AS A STROKE OR RELATED CONDITION.

March 4, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Yellow Run Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FU9LING A BLASTHOLE DRILL WITH A FUEL TRUCK.EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF DRILL AND FELL INTO THE DOOR OF THE FUEL TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL CUT OF THE HEAD(RIGHT SIDE OF FOREH EAD) WHICH NEED9D SEVEN SUTURES.

1986 · 1 incident

May 7, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yellow Run Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 CHANGE DRAG CABLE ORN DRAGLINE HE WAS HELPING OTHERS UNROLL THE CABLE OFF THE SPOOL WHEN THE END CAME OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE CAUSING FACIAL LACERATIONS AND ABRASIONS O3 RIGHT CORNER OF EYE.(4 SUTURES).