Mining Incidents

Harmon Coal Company: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Harmon Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Harmon Kenneth C
Mcwilliams, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603000

MSHA record for Harmon Coal Company (mine ID 3603000). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Harmon Coal Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harmon Coal Company sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1985 PA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harmon Coal Corp · Fall from machine

IT WAS RAINING 5ND WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING BALES OFF THE TRUCK HE SLIPPED OFF THE TAILGATE AND FELL ON HIS ANKLE.

May 1, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harmon Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE LOWER RADIATOR CONNECTIONS ON A KOMATSU D 355 TRACTOR, SERIAL #9813, HE STRETCHED FORWARD TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

April 1, 1985 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Harmon Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WET AND SLIPPERY.TOE WAS BENT BACK WHEN EMPL FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND CAT FRAME.

1984 · 2 incidents

June 8, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harmon Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE DRAG CABLE ON DRAG WHILE REACHING AROUND DRUM TO CONNECT CHAIN TO BROKEN CABLE TO PULL OUT THE CABLE A BROKEN STRAND RAN INTO LEFT RING FINGER

April 23, 1984 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harmon Coal Corp · Fall from machine

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WET AND SLIPPERY WHILE CLEANING THE TRACKS ON THE DOZER EMP SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING KNEE AGAINST DOZER THE REASON FOR TIME DELAY IS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT HE DID NOT INC INCUR ANY PEOBLEMS BUT LATER DEVELOPED COMPLICATIONS IN WALKING AND WENT TO THE DR WHO TOLD HIM NOT TO WORK