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Morgan Farm: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Jones Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jones Donald F
Frostburg, Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800703

MSHA record for Morgan Farm (mine ID 1800703). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Jones Coal Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Morgan Farm sits in Allegany County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Allegany County, Maryland · Population 67,762
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 5, 1990 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jones Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING MACHINERY TO STRIP COAL IN SANDSTONE MATERIAL. LOADER HIT SOME SOLID MATERIAL CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT KNEE ON CORNER OF DASHBOARD, INJURING KNEE.

October 2, 1990 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jones Coal Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EQUIPMENT BEING OPERATED OVERHEATED. OPERATOR SHUT DOWN EQUIPMENT & AFTER WAITING FOR IT TO COOL TOOK OFF RADIATOR CAP WHEN HE WAS BURNED ON HAND WITH HOT STEAM. SOME GOT TRAPPED AROUND WATCH BAND ALSO.