Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall from machine
PUTTING HAMMER IN CRUSHER, SLIPPED ON DRUM AND FELL.
Jeddo Crushing Plant: 15 reportable incidents Coal
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company
· Facility
Controlled by
Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Harleigh,
Luzerne County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603562
MSHA record for Jeddo Crushing Plant (mine ID 3603562). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1984–1995
- Latest incident
- May 1995
Ownership history
- Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Jeddo Crushing Plant sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file1995 · 1 incident
1994 · 4 incidents
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING IRON, STRAINED LOWER BACK.
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS WORKING ON THE CHUTE &HE BLEW DUST OFF THE CHUTE & IT WENT INTO HIS EYES.
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HITTING A CHISEL WITH A HAMMER, WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS HAND.
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
HE WAS RUNNING UP THE STEPS IN THE CRUSHING PLANT, HE RAN INTO A METAL BEAM.
1993 · 5 incidents
November 9, 1993
PA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE UNDER THE SHAKER WORKIGN PSUHER MOTOR HE MOVED AROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEG.
August 18, 1993
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A LOADER.
July 26, 1993
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKING BIG ROCK OFF PICKING TABLE, PUSHER CAME BACK AND TWISTED SHOULDER.
May 17, 1993
PA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GREASING BEARING AT BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR LINE. STEPPED OVER ANGLE IRON AND HURT BACK.
March 16, 1993
PA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BARRING OUT A ROCK, PULLED MUSCLES.
1992 · 1 incident
October 22, 1992
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BARRING OUT A ROCK IN THE ROCK CHUTE & BAR FLEW OUT & HIT RIGHT EYE.
1990 · 1 incident
July 27, 1990
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by falling object
CLEANING CHUTE, IN CLEANING PLANT ROCK CAME DOWN.
1987 · 1 incident
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO EMP FOUND I3N AME FACE UP ON CLEANING PLANT FLOOR AT 6 20 AM RESCUE SQUAD RESPONDED IN 1/ MIN TRIED TO REVIVE HIM TO NO AVAIL HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAZELTON GEN HOSPITAL MSHA CALLED 1 15 A I NAME CALLED A7 7 10 AM UNION INSPECTOR NOTIFIED STATE INSPECTOR 8 25 AM WIFE STATED HUSBAND WAS SICK ALL NIGHT TIME OF DEATH 7 44 AM
1986 · 1 incident
January 7, 1986
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
SLIPPED ON ICE 4ALKING TOWARD BOILER ROOM OF CRUSHING PLANT.
1984 · 1 incident
June 27, 1984
PA · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLEANING MUD OFF WALKWAY AND SLIPPED ON MUD. PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK AND SHOULDER GRABBING ON THELINE TO KEE FROM FALLING.