Mining Incidents

Filbert Shop: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Usx Corp
Filbert, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600900

MSHA record for Filbert Shop (mine ID 3600900). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Filbert Shop sits in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Population 126,967
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,093
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 29, 1988 PA · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED AND BUD8Y WERE IN PROCESS OF PRESSING WHEEL OFF AXLE ON W.VA. ARMATURE SET OF WHEELS. INJURED STATED THAT SOMETHING FLEW OUT OF PRESS INFLICTING INJURY TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

1987 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED USING A32-WHEEL CART TO TRANSPORT MINE CAR COUPLERS FROM OUTSIDE SHOP TO INSIDE WORK AREA. WHILE UNLOADING COUPLERS HE F ELT SOME HURT IN L OWER BACK.

May 29, 1987 PA · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WENT TO MOV9 FLOOR CRANE PARKED AGAINST BUILDING SUPPORT BEAM. AS HE TURNED CRANE HANDLE WHICH MUST BE HORIZONTAL TO OPERATE THE FORCE TO MOVE THE HANDLE SUDDENLY LESSENED AND PINNED HIS R IGHT HAND AGAIN8T THE BEAM

1986 · 3 incidents

November 20, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND CO-4ORKER WERE ASSEMBLING HYDRALIC JACK SYSTEM ON A LONGWALL SUPPORT SHIELD. WHILE POSITIONING A ARM JACK CYLINDER INTO PLACE FOR ASSEMBLY ONTO A CROSS ARM, HE CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN CROSSA9M AND JACK CYCLINDER HEAD.

April 8, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SET OF LEE NORS9 JEEP AXLE ASSEMBLY WAS SETTING ON A SET OF STEEL HORSES ALSO A CHAIN HOOKED TO CRANE. INJURED & FELLOW EE WERE TAKING WHEELS APART TO REPAIR. EE USING SLEDGE TO KNOCK WHEEL P HUB OFF THE 5XLE. INJURED LOOKED AT THE END OF AXLE TO CHECK IF AXLE OR WHEEL WAS COMING OFF.LOOKED BACK THE AXLE ASSEMBLY MOVED TOWARD SLEDGE END & INJURED GRABBED TO KEEP FROM FALLING & F

February 25, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED A BUDDI9S WERE REPAIRING 12 CM 11 JOY MINER WHILE TRYING TO RAISE THE REAR CONVEYOR WHICH WAS BLOCKED TO IT HIGHEST POSITION HYD LEVEL WAS ACTIVATED AND CONVEYOR WOULD NOT MOVE OPERATO R TRIED THE NEX7 LEVER WHICH WAS LEFT FLOOR JACK. INJURED WAS STANDING ON LEFT SIDE WIRING LIGHTS. JACK ESTENDED TO THE FLOOR THING LEFT FOOT AMPUTATION 1ST JOINT ON BIG TOE AND 2ND 3RD TOE.

1984 · 1 incident

February 2, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

AFTER MEASURING FUEL TANK LEVEL IN STORAGE TANK INJURED RETURNED TO SHOP BLDG JUST AS HE REACHED FOR THE SHOP DOOR HE SLIPPED ON SNOW & ICE FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DOOR CAUSI NG SPIRAL FRACTURE 5TH METACARDEL BONE LEFT HAND.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 28, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WORKING ON TOP OF FLETCHER DRILL BOOM. WHILE USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN HOSE COUPLING IN A CROUCHED POSITION THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD ONTO TOP OF DRILL BOOM.

June 30, 1983 PA · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ AND TRUCK DRIVER LOADING 10 TON ROOF JACK ON TO TRUCK AFTER LOADING THE SISTH JACK ONTO THE OTHER JACKS ONE TURNED AND CAUGHT THE INJ RT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF JACK BOTTOM PLATE L LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF DISTAL PHALETES MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND