REMOVING ROCKS FROM GRIZZLY BELT ONTO TO GROUND. WHEN LIFTING, FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.
Isabella Site: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Isabella Site (mine ID 3608404). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1994–1995
- Latest incident
- Sep 1995
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.- Global Coal Recovery Inc 1993 to 1995
- Coal & Minerals Recovery Inc 1995 to present
Isabella Site sits in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
12 on file1995 · 6 incidents
EE WAS CLEARING A ROCK FROM CHUTE. HE LIFTED ROCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
TIGHTENING BELT ON SCRAPER ON COAL WASHING PLANT, PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN. EMPLOYEE WAS STRAPPED IN SAFETY BELT/HARNESS. ON THE WAY DOWN FROM SCRAPER HE LOST FOOTING & SLIPPED. HE PUT OUT HAND TO STEADY HIMSELF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS.
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLEANING OFF CONVEYOR BELT, A PIECE OF SLATE FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND.
HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL BEING WELDED TO SHOOT. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE METAL CAUSING METAL TO FALL AND FORCING EMPLOYEE OFF OF BELT TO THE GROUND.
CLEANING SLATE FROM CONVEYOR BELT. SLATE FELL FROM BELT ONTO FINGER. BELT WAS STATIONARY.
1994 · 6 incidents
WHILE HI LIFT WAS WORKING IN THE CULM BANK LOAD OUT AND THE OPERATOR HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE, WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE MACHINE HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOT OR AREA.
INJURED WAS REPLACING 90' ELBOW ON PVC FRESH WATER DRAIN LINE, WHILE CUTTIN GOFF OLD ELBOW A SLIVER OF PLASTIC EXTRACTED LEFT EYE CAUSING DISCOMFERT TO SAME.
INJURED NOT SURE AS TO WHEN FRAGMENTS ENTERED EYE SINCE HE HAD BEGUN GRINDING AND WELDING FROM THE START OF HIS SHIFT.
INJURED SLIPPED ON WET BOLTING IN FRONT OF POWER CENTER FALLING INTO SAME, BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM.
INJURED ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCKS FROM GRIZZLEY BAR WHNE SAID ROCK WAS FOUND IT STRUCK INJURED ON THE RIGHT PALM CUTTING SAME.
WHILE CLEANING BUILDUP OFF OF RETURN BELT ROLLERS, SAID MATERIAL FELL OFF STRIKING WORKER ACROSS HIS NOSE, FORCING HEAD BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN SOME NECK DISCOMFORT THE NEXT MORNING.