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Delta #8: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Delta Coal Sales Inc · Facility
Controlled by Delta Industries Inc
Cramer, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607793

MSHA record for Delta #8 (mine ID 3607793). 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
1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Delta Coal Sales Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Delta #8 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

1988 · 2 incidents

April 29, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Delta Coal Sales Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK WHILE OPERATING A LOADER AT THE TIPPKE SITE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO LEE HOSPITAL, JOHNSTON, PA., AND LATER THAT DAY WAS FLOWN BY LIFE FLIGH T TO ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL, PITSBURGH, PA.

March 7, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CLIMBING LADDER TO TOP OF COAL BIN 5-6 STEPS OFF GROUND WHILE CARRYING 5 GAL BUCKET FILLED HALF FULL OF FUEL OIL.WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP RUNG OF THE LADDER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK WITH SHARP PAIN.