Mining Incidents

Moore Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Colt Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Apex Oil Company
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602755

MSHA record for Moore Mine (mine ID 3602755). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Moore Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Everett Moore Coal Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Colt Resources Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Moore Mine sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 5, 1994 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Colt Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERA TING BULLDOZER ON SURFACE MINE & DROPPED OVER 4FT EMBANKMENT

1993 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SETTING PUMP IN PIT TO PUMP WATER. SLIPPED ON ROCK WHILE PUTTING PUMP IN POSITION AND SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.

July 1, 1993 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CARRYING 50# BAG OF SODA ASH DOWN A SLOPE. SLIPPED AND LANDED ON RIGHT KNEE.

1990 · 1 incident

October 22, 1990 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall from machine

PERSON WAS PUTTING ANIT FREEZE IN DOZER. SLIPPED ON TRACKS AND FELL TO GROUND SPRAINING RIGHT ARM.

1989 · 1 incident

April 14, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS EXITING DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND

1988 · 3 incidents

October 14, 1988 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall from machine

UNLOADING RAILROAD TIES FROM PICKUP TRUCK SLIPPED OFF BACK OF PICK UP LANDING ON RT HAND

June 16, 1988 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING TOWARDS SCALE HOUSE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

March 2, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colt Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN STEPPING OUT OF PARTS TRAILER STEPPED ON LEDGE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

1987 · 1 incident

January 12, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Colt Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE LEFT FRONT 8USPENSION BROKE ALLOWING STEERING WHEEL TO TWIST AND OPERATORS LEFT ARM WAS TWISTED BY THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING INJURY TO THE SHOULDER.