Mining Incidents

Midway Strips: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Midway Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Aloe Holding Inc
Mcdonald, Washington County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3604731

MSHA record for Midway Strips (mine ID 3604731). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. Midway Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Midway Strips sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Washington County, Pennsylvania · Population 209,778
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$77,487
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

March 14, 1988 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE EMP. WAS MAKING SHIFT INSPECTIONS ON THE MARION DRAGLLINE, HE SLIPPED ON SIME GREASE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 24, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Fall from machine

WORKER SLIPPED OFF MACHINE BENT THUMB BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

November 5, 1987 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midway Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS SIPHONI3G POND WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN A METAL PIPE AND METAL STAND

1985 · 1 incident

February 4, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midway Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LABORER WAS CHECKING MOTOR OIL LEVEL OF ASH TRUCK WHEN HOOD FELL DOWN ON HIS RT HAND

1984 · 2 incidents

November 5, 1984 PA · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Midway Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AS DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS DIGGING SHOT OVERBURDEN 12\ ABOVE COAL SEAM AN UNPLANNED EXPLOSION OCCURRED FROM AN UN-DETONATED HERCULES UNIGEL PRIMER. THE BLAST CAUSED THE CORNER TOOTH OF THE BUCKET TO BE SEVERED AND LOOSE PIECES OF SHALE ROCK TO BE SCATTERE D IN PIT AREA

February 16, 1984 PA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midway Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING ROLLERS ON BELT SLIPPED FALLING AND CAUGHT R. FOOT BETWEEN ROLLER AND FRAME CAUSING HIM TO HANG UP-SIDE DOWN