Mining Incidents

Fine Coal Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

B-D Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by John W Rich (Pa)
Gilberton, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602067

MSHA record for Fine Coal Plant (mine ID 3602067). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. B-D Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fine Coal Plant sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
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

1984 · 1 incident

February 6, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B-D Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 12 LOADER HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.

1983 · 2 incidents

April 29, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B-D Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON HAULPAK EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN FRAME AND WRENCH

April 16, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B-D Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RAILROAD CARS HE SLIPPED ON SIDE OF CAR PULLING LEFT ARM