Mining Incidents

Rush #2 Strip Mine & Preparation Pl: 23 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Marmon Group Inc
Philipsburg, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602784

MSHA record for Rush #2 Strip Mine & Preparation Pl (mine ID 3602784). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. James M Stott Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1976
  2. James M Stott Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rush #2 Strip Mine & Preparation Pl sits in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

May 29, 1987 PA · Coal OTHER
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING FROM SH2WER TRAILER AND RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT.WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN LEG OR PUT FULL WIEIGHT ON IT.

1986 · 6 incidents

July 14, 1986 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CHANGI3G HOISE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SNAPPED BACK OF RUSHING FINGER.

June 12, 1986 PA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

CONTRACT ELECTR3CIAN WORKING ON RELAY SLATION FOR 9 W ELECTRIC DRAGLINE WHEN HE WAS SHOCKED .

June 10, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

PULLING MAINTNE3ACE OX TRACK OF D9 DOZER,HAD FOOLBRAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CRACK RIBS.

1985 · 4 incidents

May 11, 1985 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

REMOVING HOIST DRUM SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT HAND BRAKING 2 FINGERS.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 14, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WAS WELDING ON PLANT PART SPARE FLEW BURNT RIGHT ELBOW AND BECOMING INFECTED

August 8, 1984 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HELPING MECHANIC REMOVE BOLTS FROM 400 HOUGH UNIVERSAL SLIPPED CAUSING PULLED LIGNAUTS.

1983 · 9 incidents

November 10, 1983 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SOLVENT TO CLEAN PARTS (HAD GLOVES ON) AND APPARENTLY HAD AN ASVERSE SKIN REACTION.

September 15, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CLAMP FROM CYCLONE PUMP WHEN HOSE CAME LOOSE, SPEWING HOT WATER ON HIS HAND & WRIST.

September 9, 1983 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING IN PARKING LOT TWISTED FOOT AND STUMBLED ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A VIOLATION OF THE RULES

August 12, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS CLEANING CATS ON DOZER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RT HIP ACCIDENT DUD BIT UBVOLVE A VIOLATION OF THE RULES REGS JOB SKILLS MINE PROF MINING TRAINING ATTITUDES

April 25, 1983 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS HOLDING ROPE WHEN ROPE BROKE & EMPLOYEE FELL BREAKING RIGHT ANKLE IN TWO 2 PLACES AT PREP PLANT.

January 26, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WEEDING PLASTICE PIPE WHEN FLANGE SLIPPED BRUISING RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THEM.

January 4, 1983 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James M Stott Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs

TRIPPED ON STEP AT PLANT, SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE-ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A VIOLAITION OF ONE RULE & REGULATIONS, JOB SKILLS, MINE PROFICIENCY, MINING TRAINING ATTITUDES.