EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE LAST OPEN X CUT BETWEEN 5 AND 6 ENTRY WHILE BOLTING A PIECE OF RIB ROOF FELL AND HIT AIM ON RIGHT ANKLE ROCK WAS 3 FT LONG 18 INCH WIDE 5 INCH TO 0 INCH THICK.
Paradise Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Paradise Mine (mine ID 3608232). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1991–1992
- Latest incident
- Oct 1992
- Pelesmitco Inc 1991 to present
Paradise Mine sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
10 on file1992 · 9 incidents
MAN WAS MOVEING BRATTICE BLOCK AND STEEL BAND CAUGHT HIS HAND.
61206ALKING AROUND FEEDER (AREA WAS REAL MUDDY APPROX. ONE FOOT DEEP). RIGHT FOOT GOT STUCK IN MUD, TWISTED LEFT KNEE, FELL TO GROUND.
WALKING IN #7 ENTRY TO TOOL SLED SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM.
BAD ROOF AREA (WATER COMING OUT OF ROOF IN GREAT AMOUNT).
CHIPPING ROCK AROUND BULT. WITH HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK NEXT SIDE CHAIN.
FELL ON WET RUBBER MATS AT POWER CENTER TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.
THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON MUDDY AND WET BOTTOM CAUSING BRUISES TO THE RIGHT SHOUDLER AND RIB AREA.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A HAULROAD LEADING TO THE MINE DRIFTS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY PATCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO HIS W-65 SELF-RESCUER.THE FALL CAUSED A BRUISE OF THE EMPL OYEE'S LOWER BACK.
1991 · 1 incident
THE EE WAS COUPLING A PIECE OF 8 INCH PLASTIC YELOMINE LINE WHEN IN ATTEMTPING TO SLEDGE THE LINE INTO A COUPLER, THE HAMMER SLIPPED, CAUSING EE S INDEX FINGER TO BE CRUSHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE PIPE.