EMPLOYEE CONSTRUCTING CANOPY FOR MOBILE BRIDGE AND DROPPED STANDARD ON FOOT ABOVE HARD TOE WHILE GRIPPING EDGE.
Chicora #1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Chicora #1 (mine ID 3607876). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
- Darmac Associates Corp 1987 to 1988
- Darmac Associates Corp 1988 to present
Chicora #1 sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
10 on file1990 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE DRIVING MANTRIP INTO MINE CHAIN HANGER SUPPORTING UNDER LINE WAS HANGING DOWN & EMPLOYEE RAN INTO IT STATES PULLED GLASSES OFF & IRRITATED LEFT EYE
1989 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE DROPPED COMB AND WHILE PICKING IT UP, PLACED HAND ON SINK TO HELP RAISE HIMSELF. SINK BROKE AWAY FROM WALL SHATTERING, EMPLOYEE OFF BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST BROKEN SINK.
EMPL HELPING TO DISCONNECT CHAIN FROM RAM OF S & S SCOOP. ONCE CHAIN WAS LOOSE HE PLACED HAND BETWEEN RAM & BACK PLATE OF SCOOP. EMPLOYED OPERATING SCOOPY WAS PULLING RAM BACK AT TIME & EMPL T HUMB WAS CAUGHT.
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE NORTH MAINS ROOMS TO THE LEFT OFF THE MAIN RETURN. THE PRESHIFT OF THE MINE THE AREA WAS OBSEVRED TO BE WORKING. STEPS IMMADATLY TAKEN TO CONTROL MAIN RETURN B Y CRIBS AND BROKEN POSTS.
1988 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE CLEARING ROCK FROM DUMPING PAINT OF #2 MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER. EMPLOYEE PLACED FOOT ON DOLLY OF BRIDGE AND INADVERTENTLY PLACED OTHER FOOT CHAIN FLAGG ITS WHILE LITING ROCK. ANOTHER E MPLOYEE THOUGHT THAT EMPLOYEE HAD FLAGGED THAT HE WAS CLEAR STARTED HIS MBC WHICH IS ATTACHED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE CAUGHT IN DOLLY.
A FALL OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH MAINS IN #2 ENTRY BETWEEN SURVEY STATIONS 361-363. AREA HAD BEEN PERMANTLY SUPPORTED BUT DUE TO A FAULT WELL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE HORIZON (APPROX. 18') THE AREA FEL L AT THE POINTS MENTIONED ABOVE. MSHA NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE ONCE FALL OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING #2 BRIDGE AND WHILE TRAMMING OUTBY #1 BRIDGE PUSHED BACK AND EMPLOYEE GOT RIGHT ARM PINCHED BETWEEN RIB AND CANOPY
EMPLOYEE HANDLING MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE TRAMMI3G MBC FROM #2 ENTRY AND WHILE DOING SO MACHINE PIVOTED AND CANOPY STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD