Mining Incidents

Conemaugh Division Repair Shop: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Beth Energy Mines Inc · Facility
Controlled by Bethlehem Steel Corp
Conemaugh, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607259

MSHA record for Conemaugh Division Repair Shop (mine ID 3607259). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Beth Energy Mines Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Conemaugh Division Repair Shop sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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

1985 · 1 incident

February 21, 1985 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPING DOWN OFF BUMPER OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE STEPPED IN ON OFFSET BETWEEN SHOP FLOOR AND TRACK RAIL INLAID IN SHOP FLOOR.

1984 · 1 incident

February 8, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beth Energy Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A BOOM PIN ON A SHUTTLE CAR HE HAD A SHORT GRIP ON HANDLE AS HE STRUCK AT THE PIN, THE END OF THE HANDLE STRUCK AGAINST HIS LEFT RIB CAGE