Mining Incidents

Neal Strip #3: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Barbara M Bearer
Rathmel, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606676

MSHA record for Neal Strip #3 (mine ID 3606676). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Howard Neal Coal Corp 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Neal Strip #3 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

8 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 21, 1991 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 3/14/91 EMPL SLIPPED ON SCRAPER & BUMPED RIBS. THIS WAS NOT REPORTE AS EMPL DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 3/21/91 HE BUMPED RIBS WITH AIR WRENCH WHICH AGGAVATEDINJURY & MADE HIM SEEK MEDICAL HELP.

1990 · 1 incident

December 11, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING DOZER EMPLS SHOULDER SNAPPED.

1989 · 3 incidents

October 13, 1989 PA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS REMOVING CHAIN BINDERS THAT WERE HOLDING D-10 BLADE IN PLACE ON TRUCK. PIPE WAS PLACED OVER HANDLE OF BINDER FOR LEVERAGE WHEN BINDER BROKE PIPE CAME OFF & HIT EMPL IN FOREHEAD.

March 2, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

2 EMPL ROLLING 55 GAL DRUM OF FUEL INTO BUCKET OF 992 LOADER.DRUM SLIPPED AND KNOCKED I.NAME DOWN.FINGER DISLOCATED WHEN HAND HIT ROCK.

February 17, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON DRILLING JOB, PUSHING LOCK BACK DOWN HAND SLIPPED AND WRENCH CAME DOWN ON TOP OF IT AND CAUSGHT IT BETWEEN TABLE AND W RENCH LACERATION OF OFOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON R. HAND. STICHE S.

1988 · 1 incident

December 6, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS REMOVING TOPSOIL WITH PAN ON OPEN FARM FEILD WITH APPROX GRADE OF 10-14%. EMPL IGNORED PROPER PROCEDURE & MANUVERED PAN DIAGONALLY TO PARALLELOF SLOPE LEFT BOWL CAUGHT & LIFTED PAN O FF GROUND ALTHOUGH THIS HAPPENS OFEN IT SCARED OPERATOR & HE QUICKLY APPLIED BRAKEN & IN THIS POSITION IT ROLLED MACHINE ON ITS SIDE TOSSING EMPL ABOUT.

1987 · 1 incident

May 14, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING TORC ARM OF A EUCLID REAR DUMP TRUCK MODEL R-75 WHEN HE NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

February 28, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard Neal Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A GENERATOR SPRAINED GROIN AREA INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM UNTIL 030386