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Romesberg: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Wellersburg, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605645

Romesberg has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
38
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 38 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southampton Coal Company Inc 1975 to 1977
  2. Sanner Brothers Coal Company 1977 to 1980
  3. Sanner Energies, Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 0
1999 1
1998 1 519
1997 6 33,452
1996 8 43,878
1995 10 47,365
1994 10 51,270
1993 9 68,691
1992 8 58,416
1991 7 61,498
1990 6 53,467
1989 4 15,562
1988 7 42,779
1987 7 50,306
1986 6 52,475
1985 11 30,378
1984 7 35,086
1983 7 28,527
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Romesberg sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1996 · 1 incident

March 6, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sanner Energies, Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PRESSURE WASHING RADIATOR ON D9L.

1993 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

October 30, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sanner Energies, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOING MAINTENANCE ON DOZER AIR TOOL & SOCKET FLEW APART.

1985 · 1 incident

February 21, 1985 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sanner Energies, Inc · Struck against a moving object

BULLDOZER STARTED TO SLIDE ON FROZEN GROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP OF CAB OF BULLDOZER.