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Fisanick Strip: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Barbara M Bearer
Mundy'S Corner, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608426

MSHA record for Fisanick Strip (mine ID 3608426). 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
1995–1998
Latest incident
Nov 1998
Ownership history
  1. Howard Neal Coal Corp 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fisanick Strip sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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

1998 · 1 incident

November 9, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE ENGIUNE ON THE ROCK TRUCK HAD STALLED WHILE THE EE WAS RUNNING A FULL LOAD UP A HILL, THE BRAKES DIDN'T HOLD AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS & HIT A HIGH BANK & THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER 2 1/4 TIMNES. THE EE RECEIVED XRAYS & PAIN MEDICATION & MISSED 1 DAY OF WORK. INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINE THAT SERVICE BRAKES WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A SAFE OPERATING MANNER.

1997 · 4 incidents

October 10, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIS FAMILY DR. FOR A SORE BACK. HIS FAMILY DR. SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST FOR AN MRI AND CORTIZONE SHOTS. NO ACCIDENT, BUT EMPLOYEE FEELS IT IS DUE TO CONDIT IONS RELATED TO PROLONGED EQUIPMENT RUNNING. LOST DAYS DUE TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS ONLY. WE ARE AWAITING A DR.'S REPORTR AND DON'T KNOW IF IT ISWORK RELATED. ADVISED MSHA/INDIANA TO REPORT TH

April 29, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A STEP ON AN ACCESS LADDER TO A 992 C LOADER. HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN A BRACKET OUT WITH THE HAMMER IT DISLODGED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, KNOCKING OUT 3 TEETH.

April 7, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING IN A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED POND TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL & HIS LEFT ANKLE ROLLED UNDER

February 25, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Fall from ladders

WHILE MAINTAINING CATERPILLER LOADER, EE SLIPPEDON LADDER & HIT HIS RIBS ON RAILING. DID NOT BOTHER HIM UNTIL 3/3/97 WHEN HE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR & SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT

1995 · 1 incident

October 23, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LOADING COAL WITH A CAT LOADER 992 C ONTO A ROCK TRUCK. EE STATES HE WAS WORKING ON A VERY STEEP PITCH AND PUT EXCESSIVE STRESS ON HIS LOWER BACK. IS BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR.