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Eckley North Basin: 19 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Eckley, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602856

MSHA record for Eckley North Basin (mine ID 3602856). 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. Beltrami Enterprises Inc 1950 to 1991
  2. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Eckley North Basin sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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 · 4 incidents

October 4, 1990 PA · Coal drill operator OTHER
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ORIGINALLY FELL OFF TUB FROM 1150-B-SHOVEL FEB, 1981 UNDER DOCTORS CARE FROM THAT TIME OFF WORK 10-4-90.

September 24, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

GETTING ONTO D 9 DOZER, SLIPPED ON TRACK, HIT LEFT SIDE OF BODY ON TRACK HURT TWO RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

August 23, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

CHECKING OIL IN TRANSMISSION, SLIPPED AND FELL ON SEAT WITH RIGHT SIDE.

1988 · 5 incidents

February 26, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHEN TRAILER WENT DOWN ON TOES OF BOTH FEET.

February 26, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING OXYGEN TANK ONTO TRUCK, IT SLIPPED, TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

September 15, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING DOWN TR9E WITH CHAIN SAW. LACERATION RIGHRT THIGH BROKEN BONE LEFT FOOT

1984 · 2 incidents

1983 · 7 incidents

June 13, 1983 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING BRAKE BLOCKS BRAKE BAND STRUCK HIM

May 27, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beltrami Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED SUDDENLY HANDLING TRUCK BATTERY