EMPLOYEE (LOADER OPERATOR) WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE SCALE HOUSE @ 8:15 A.M. SUFFERING FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. AND AUTOPSY IS BEING PERFORMED. (AUTOPSY REPORT- HEART ATTACK).
Sandy Valley Loading Facility Coal
MSHA record for Sandy Valley Loading Facility (mine ID 3606935). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–1993
- Latest incident
- Oct 1993
Reportable incidents
4 on file1993 · 1 incident
1989 · 1 incident
LARGE LUMPS OF COAL WERE BRIDGED ABOVE CRUSHER ROLLS IN CHUTE. OPERATOR TRYED TO BREAK THEM WITH TAMPING BAR. BAR WENT BETWEEN LUMPS, STRUCK CRUSHER ROLL, AND KICKED BACK SRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD NEAR LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A 1/2" CUT CORNER OF EYE AND BRUISE.
1986 · 1 incident
SLIPPED AND FEL5 WHILE DESCENDING FROM FRONT END LOADER
1984 · 1 incident
INJ SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE HOPPER DOORS ON RAILROAD CAR USING A PRY BAR
The full compliance file on Sandy Valley Loading Facility
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.