Mining Incidents

Dexter #1: 19 reportable incidents Coal

Dexter Carpenter Coal Sales Corp · Surface
Controlled by Ettari Paul D
Coalport, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603634

MSHA record for Dexter #1 (mine ID 3603634). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1992
  3. Dexter Carpenter Coal Sales Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dexter #1 sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1990 · 5 incidents

October 1, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLIMBING BACK ON DOZER FOOT SLIPPED & HE RECEIVED CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.

August 21, 1990 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

REPAIRING TRAVEL CHAIN ON 2400 DRAGLINE WHILE POUNDING OUT THE KEEPER PIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW & CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES

July 10, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WALKING ACROSS SHOP CARRYING BOTTLE OF ROOT BEER ON WAY TO TRUCK & HE PASSED OUT. EMPL SAID DR DIAGNOSED IT AS MINISTROKE.

February 12, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD PUT OIL IN THE 980C CAT LOADER ENGINE.HE WAS TAKING THE JUG BACK UP THE CATWALK AND SLIPPED ON A TIRE AND FELL,BRUISING HIS RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 14, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS WORKING ON 992 LOADER WHEEL TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLT AND THE RATCHET HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST A BUCKET STOP ON THE BOOM OF THE LOADER.

June 5, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS GOING TO PICK UP A BARREL WHICH THEY USE TO PUT WATER IN FOR THE MACHINERY,AND PLACE THE BARREL IN HIS PICK-UP IN HIS PICK-UP TRUCK.HE THOUGH THE BARREL WAS EMPTY,BUT IT HAD AROUND 10 G ALLONS OF WATER IN IT,AND AS HE WENT TO SWINGAROUND,HE HURT HIS BACK.

1988 · 4 incidents

May 13, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DESCENDING LADDER DOWN SIDE OF 992 LOADER. COMING DOWN SLIPPED & MISSED LAST TWO RUNGS & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

April 15, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS OPERATING D9H DOZER. HE TOOK RADIATOR CAP OFF. THERE WAS PRESSURE, WATER FLEW UP & BURNED HIM IN CHEST & ARM AREA.

February 29, 1988 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOING FIELD TRACK REPAIR USING A LARGE TRACK PRESS THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED IT IS GROIN AREA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE PRESS EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DR UNTIL 3-11-88 FOR A DIAGNOSIS.

1987 · 1 incident

September 1, 1987 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A TOOTH HAD BRO5EN OFF THE BUCKET ON THE 2400 DRAGLINE HE GOT OFF THE DRAGLINE AND WAS WALKIGN DOWN OVER A BANK TO PICK UP THE BROKEN TOOTH ON THE WAY DOWN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL HE CU T HIS HAND AND 8AID THAT HIS KNEE FOLDED UNDER HIM BUT DIDNT BOTHER HIM UNTIL 9-3-87 HAND WASNT CUT BADLY BUT WENT TO DR FOR HIS KNEE ON 9-8-87

1986 · 3 incidents

October 29, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SAMPLING COAL.L2ST BALANCE OR SLIPPED WHILE LIFTING 40 LB BAG OF SAMPLE COAL AND FELL 4'.

July 8, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING D10 SPR2CKET SEGMENTS TO INSTALL ON L EFT FINAL DRIVE.

June 25, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING TRIP R2PE ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.CABLE FLEW AND HIT HIM ON CHIN.HE JERKED HEAD BACK,PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1984 PA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING TRACK ROLLERS ON D-9 CATERPILLAR DOZER. WHILE LIFTING AND MOVING ROLLERS AROUND HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS STOMACH.

August 4, 1984 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING UNDERNEATH DOZER HELPING WELDER WELD TRACK FRAME ON MACHINE.WHEN HE WENT TO CRAWL FROM UNDERNEATH MACHINE HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

1983 · 2 incidents

December 6, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD SAFETY GOGGLES ON AND WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL AND A TINY PARTICLE OF STEEL GOT BY HIS GOGGLES ANDWENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. AT THE TIME, HE JUST THOUGH HE HAD GOTTEN A PIEC E OF DIRT IN HIS EYE, BUT LATER IT BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM, SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 12-12-83.

January 21, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cambria Mills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS FUELING D-10 GAVE A PULL ON THE FUEL HOSE, LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OFF THE D-10 HITTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM ON THE GROUND.