Mining Incidents

Klaka Strip Coal

Albert F. Stiffler · Surface
Controlled by Albert F Stiffler
Crabtree, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607602

MSHA record for Klaka Strip (mine ID 3607602). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
45
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 45 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Noise
0%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-03-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 14, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mehalic Brothers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STACKING AUGERS INA PILE. PILE KICKE DOUT AND AUGER LANDE DON RIGHT FOOT.

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