Mining Incidents

Metco Mining & Minerals Inc: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Rockwood, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605548

MSHA record for Metco Mining & Minerals Inc (mine ID 3605548). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Metco Mining & Minerals Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Metco Mining & Minerals Inc sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1990 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PASSING WORK AREA TO TELL THE MAN HE WAS GOING TO MAKE PHONE CALL WHEN THE MAN HIT THE TOOTH AND A SPELL FLUE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

July 3, 1990 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 MEN PLACING AN ID SIGN POST WHILE DRIVING POST INTO THE GROUND I NAME ASUMED THE POST WAS IN THE GROUND FAR ENOUGH AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE TOP OF THE POST TO SHAKE IT THE MAN II DRAINED THE POST WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING ANOTHER BLOW TO THE POST AND THE SWING OF THE HAMMER.

1989 · 1 incident

April 29, 1989 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metco Mining & Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

2ND & 3RD DEG BURNS OF FOREARMS AND LEGS-TOTAL 12%.MAN REMOVED DISCHARGE HOSE FROM PUMP ALLOWING HOT WATER TO COME OUT ON HIM.CAUSING BURNS ON FOREARMS AND UPPER LEGS.