Mining Incidents

Frackville Culm Blending Plant: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Waste Management Inc
Morea Mahanoy Twp., Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608036

MSHA record for Frackville Culm Blending Plant (mine ID 3608036). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Morea Services Inc 1988 to 1990
  2. Wheelabrator Fuel Services Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Frackville Culm Blending 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 22, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Morea Services Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

MAN GOT OUT OF LOADER AND WENT BY #1 FEEDER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK-UP FROZEN LUMPS WITH BAR, ALSO BACKHOE WAS BEING USED, WHILE OUT OF MACHINE BANK HAD COME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM.

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1993 · 1 incident

April 12, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wheelabrator Fuel Services Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INJURED WAS GOING TO FUEL HIS TRUCK.LEFT THE CABGOT TO, THE GROUND WENT BACK UP IN THE CAB TO GET HIS GLOVES AND STEPPED BACK OUT ON THE CAT WALK NEVER USED THE GRAB HANDLE AND WALKED BACKWARD S RIGHT OFF THE CAT WALK FALLING TO THE GROUND HE GOT UP ON HIS OWN AND REPORTED HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK.

1990 · 2 incidents

February 19, 1990 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morea Services Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE TRYING TO POSITION ANGLE IRON TO WELD ON VIBRATOR, WELDER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

February 5, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morea Services Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AFTER TRYING TO OPEN FAULITY TAILGATE DRIVER WENT TO BACK OF TRUCK TRYING TO PULL TAILGATE WITH HANDS

1989 · 3 incidents

November 13, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morea Services Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO HAUL PAK TRUCK DRIVER PICKED UP LEG TO REACH BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER A LADDER HIGHER THAN NORMAL DUE TO BOX BEING UP IN AIR.MAN RAISED LEG HIGHER THAN NORMAL THUS CA USING ACUTE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

March 10, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morea Services Inc · Fall from machine

GOT OFF LOADER AND SLIPPED ON ICE.

1988 · 1 incident

August 27, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morea Services Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKED UP CATWALK TO CLEAR CONVEYOR BELT OF METAL DEBRIS, PC, ROLLED DOWN CONVEYOR WHILE TRYING TO RETRIEVE SAME, FOOT SLIPPED ON CATWALK, CAUGHT FOOT, WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE, HARD HAT FLEW OF F AND HEAD AND BACK HIT BOOM AT SAME TIME TWISTING BODY, CAUSING INJURIES.