Mining Incidents

Export Pile: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Cac Energy Inc · Facility
Controlled by Grondstof Enterprise C V
Export, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608084

MSHA record for Export Pile (mine ID 3608084). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Cac Energy Inc 1989 to 1993
  2. Cac Energy Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Export Pile sits in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · Population 353,345
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

June 21, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cac Energy Inc · Fall from ladders

WHEN CLIMBING STEP-LADDER TO PARTS TRAILER..LADDER TIPPED CAUSING FALL STRIKING RIGHT HIP & RIGHT SHOULDER.

April 23, 1993 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cac Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING A 3/16" X 20" X 6'2" PLATE UP STEPS TO PLANT. WIND BLEW PLATE AND WHILE TRYING TO STEADY IT PULLED SHOULDERS AND LOWER BACK.

April 5, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cac Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT FOR INSTALLATION, INJURED WAS HANGING COFFING HOIST IN PLACE, LIFTING CHAIN & HOOK STRUCK INJURED IN THE FACE AND UPPER LIP, CHIPPING TOOTH # 8.