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Mine No 4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Krings, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607184

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 3607184). 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
1985–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. East Windber Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 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

1987 · 1 incident

May 8, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Windber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR HAD HI8 HAND ON THE END OF AN AUGER, WHILE PULLING THE AUGER TO LOAD IT ON THE SLED, HE RAN THE AUGER END INTO THE KELLY BAR. THE END OF HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AUGER AND THE KELLY BAR 3

1985 · 2 incidents

June 5, 1985 PA · Coal MACHINERY
East Windber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS STANDING TO THE SIDE OBSERVING THE AUGER CREW.THE ONE OPERATOR SWUNG THE AUGER ONTO THE SLED.AS IT WAS BEINS PLACED ON THE SLED I REACHED OVER TO ASSIST HIM AND PLACED MYFOOT WHERE IT DI DN\T BELONG.AS HE LOWERED THE HOIST THE AUGER STRUCK ME ON THE TOP OF MY FOOT AND BRUISED TI.

May 28, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
East Windber Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WORKING THE HOIST OPERATORS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE KELLY BAR AND THE AUGER.