Mining Incidents

Iselin No 6 No 9 No 10 Surface: 9 reportable incidents Coal

South Bend Township, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602854

MSHA record for Iselin No 6 No 9 No 10 Surface (mine ID 3602854). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Helad Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1980
  2. Kent Coal Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Iselin No 6 No 9 No 10 Surface 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

9 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1988 · 2 incidents

April 8, 1988 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TENDING WATER PUMPS HE STEPPED INA MUD HOLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE HIS FOOT HE GAVE HIS FOOT A HARD JERK INJURING HISF OOT

March 1, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kent Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL. WAS OPERATING CAT 988B FRONT END LOADER. COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN DURING SHIFT. PAIN WORSENED DURING PERIOD OF OPERATION.

1987 · 1 incident

August 5, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kent Coal Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS PULLING3ON HYDRAULIC LINE TRYING TO TAKE IT OFF MACHINE. HE WAS POSITIONED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND WHILE PULLING HURT HIS LOWER BACK

1986 · 1 incident

March 12, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

AT SHIFTS END E4P WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM TRACK TO BLADE ARM FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ON BLADE ARM AND TRACK

1985 · 1 incident

March 5, 1985 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE FILLING FUEL TANK ON DOZER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING RIGHT LEG ON CONTACT WITH GROUND.

1984 · 2 incidents

May 25, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kent Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK OFF SCREEN AT CRUSHER. WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF BELT STRIKING EMPLOYEE\S HAND.

February 2, 1984 PA · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Kent Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HELPING TO LOAD DOZER BLADE ONTO LOWBOY WITH BOOM TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING BLADE FRAME CYLINDER OVER TRUCK WHEN SECTION OF FRAME CYLINDER FELL STRIKING HIM ON FOOT

1983 · 1 incident

August 19, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kent Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OILING ON 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE WHEN HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN CHAIN OF SUMP PUMP SEVERING TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.