Mining Incidents

Hooks Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

C H Snyder Company · Surface
Controlled by Snyder Charles H Sr
Kittanning, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601041

MSHA record for Hooks Mine (mine ID 3601041). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. C H Snyder Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hooks Mine 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

8 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

April 21, 1989 PA · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
C H Snyder Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD WALKED AWAY FROM THE AREA WHERE AUGERING WAS BEING DONE TO GET A DRINK OF WATER. TWO ROCKS CAME OFF THE HIGHWALL. ONE ROCK HIT HIM ON THE LEFT LOWER LEG AND FOOT. CK BOUNCED OFF THE HIGHWALL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT LOWER LEG AND FOOT.

February 2, 1989 PA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H Snyder Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK MOVING BARRELS & BLOCKING NOTE FIRST MEDICAL TREATMENT & WORK LOSS ON 17 FEB 89

1988 · 1 incident

December 9, 1988 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C H Snyder Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MAN WAS FUELING HIS BULLDOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SELL HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

1987 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H Snyder Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN3WAS INSTALLING THE BELLY PAN ON A CAT DOZER WHEN HE CUT THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.

January 9, 1987 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H Snyder Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING JAW CL6TCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

1985 · 1 incident

April 2, 1985 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C H Snyder Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED MAN WAS HELPING THE OPERATOR TIGHTEN THE BOLTS ON THE WALKING SHOE WHEN THE BOLT THAT HE WAS HOLDING SUDDENLY TURNED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE AND A CO RNER THE DOCTOR LATER REMOVED THE TIP OF THE FINGER

1984 · 1 incident

August 28, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H Snyder Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS REMOVING THE TORQUE CONVERTOR FROM A MANITOWOC 4600 DRAGLINE, WHEN THE CONVERTOR WAS PLACED ON THE FLOOR AND THE LIFT CHAINS WERE REMOVED THE CONVERTOR FELL OVER ON THE MAN\S F OOT CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE.

1983 · 1 incident

October 18, 1983 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C H Snyder Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON THE BUCKET OF THE GRADALL LOADING SHOVEL WHEN THE SOCKET WRENCH HE WAS USING TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST LOADING BUCKET CAUSING INJURY TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND