Mining Incidents

Donora Dock: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Kerametal Company Ltd
Donora, Washington County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606663

MSHA record for Donora Dock (mine ID 3606663). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Campbell Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1981
  2. Northbrook Mining Inc 1981 to 1984
  3. Intercarbon Coal Company 1984 to 1988
  4. Hardhat Mining Inc 1988 to 1989
  5. American Carbon & Metals Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Donora Dock sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Washington County, Pennsylvania · Population 209,778
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$77,487
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
American Carbon & Metals Corp · Struck by flying object

ACTOR WAS IN AN UNAUTHORIZED AREA ON A MOVING BARGE. BARGE PULLED CABLE SLACK BECAME TIGHT & STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST & KNOCKED HIM INTO A LOADED BARGE. ACTOR WAS WARNED OF BEING IN AN UNAUTH ORIZED AREA.

August 9, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
American Carbon & Metals Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CGABGUBG BIBCAT BUCKET PULLING UPWARD ON A LEVER-SPRING LOADED-FOOT SPRANG UP KNOCKING HIM BACKWARD AND HITTING HIS WRIST ON THE BOBCAT CAGE UPRIGHT.

1986 · 3 incidents

July 11, 1986 PA · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Intercarbon Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WENT TO 2ELP EMPLOYEE PINNED BY ROLL IN CRUSHER. AND JUMPED DOWN INTO CRUSHER; NOT SEETING BATTERY LAYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE CRUSHER BATTERY ROLLED OVER WHEN I,NAME'S LEFT FOOT HIT THE CORNER OF IT A3D BROKE HIS FOOT.

July 11, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Intercarbon Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING O3 ROLLS FOR CRUSHER, PIN WAS LOADGED AND EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN INTO CRUSHER TO GET A BAR TO DISLODGE PIN. HE WAS CLIMBING BACK OUT OF CRUSHER WHEN BAR SOME HOW DISLODGED PIN AND ROLL FELL PINN3NG EMPLOYEE AGAINST WALL OF CRUSHER.

January 24, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Intercarbon Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS GRINDIN1 BURRS OFF BEARRING SEAT & HOT SPARK HIT HIM ON CHECK & ROLLED UP UNDER GLASSES & INTO HIS EYE.

1983 · 1 incident

February 22, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Northbrook Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE REMOVED A GUARD FROM A CHAIN & PROCEDED TO GREASE A FITTING & THE FINGER OF HIS GLOVE CAUGHT IN THE CHAIN PULLING HIS FINGER INTO THE UDLER SPROCKET. CRUSHING THE NAIL & END OF HIS FI NGER. (2 MM OF THE END OF INDEX FINGER RIGHT HAND HAD TO BE REMOVED).