Mining Incidents

No 7 Vein Slope Coal

D G W Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Oscar Blough Jr
Joliett, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607093

MSHA record for No 7 Vein Slope (mine ID 3607093). 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
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D G W Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

GUNBOAT DERAILED APPROX. 300 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SLOPE. TWO MINERS CLIMBED THE SLOPE TO REINSTALL THE GUNBOAT ON THE SLOPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL THE GUNBOAT THE ENGINEER SA ID HE RECEIVED THE SIGNAL TO PULL THE WAGON UP. WHEN HE PULL THE GUNBOAT THE TWO MINERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN. EACH MINER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG.

May 19, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D G W Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

GUNBOAT DERAILED APPROX. 300' FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SLOPE. TWO MINERS CLIMBED THE SLOPE TO RE-INSTALL THE GUNBOAT ON THE TRACK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-INSTALL THE GUNBOAT, THE ENGINEER SAID HE RECEIVED THE SIGNAL TO PULL THE WAGON UP. WHEN HE PULLED THE GUNBOAT, THE TRWO MINERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN, EACH MINER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG.

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