Mining Incidents

Remco #1: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Thomas W A
Caledonia, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605805

MSHA record for Remco #1 (mine ID 3605805). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ingram Coal Company 1975 to 1982
  2. Ingram Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  3. Rockwood Energy & Mineral Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Remco #1 sits in Elk County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Elk County, Pennsylvania · Population 30,703
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1984 · 1 incident

June 27, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ingram Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJ A MECHANIC WAS GETTING PARTS FROM PARTS TRAILER WHEN TRIPPED OVER DRILL BIT AND FELL SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE.

1983 · 6 incidents

October 25, 1983 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ingram Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS DECENDING FRONT END LOADER RAINING AT TIME SLIPPED ON LADDER AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM PULLING MUSCLE IN RIB CAGE THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS EFFICENCY SKILL S AND TRAINING

June 22, 1983 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ingram Coal Company · Fall from machine

GETTING OUT OF ROCK TRUCK; WENT TO STEP DOWN SLIPPED TURNED AND JUMPED THEN TWISTED BACK WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.

May 23, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Ingram Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED SLIPPED ON A ROCK WHILE CLEANING OUT A DRAIN DITCH AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS EFFICIENCY

May 11, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ingram Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF THE BULLDOZER, AND HE SLIPPED ON THE BULLDOZER TRACKS AND TWISTED HIS BACK, RECEIVED A PINCHED SYATIC NERVE.

May 4, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ingram Coal Company · Fall from machine

SLIPPED FROM BULLDOZER TRACKS WHILE GETTING OFF AND TWISTED BODY RECEIVING STRAIN OF RIGHT RIB CAGE.

January 22, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ingram Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM A COAL TRUCK WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. DOCTORS EXAMINATION AND DIAGNOSIS WAS A DISLOCATED ISU DISC IN THE LOWER BACK. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS EFFICIENCY, SKILLS AND TRAINING.