EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER AND A PIECE OF COAL BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
Silt Drying Facility: 19 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Silt Drying Facility (mine ID 3608155). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1990–1996
- Latest incident
- Aug 1996
- Reading Anthracite Company 1990 to present
- Combustion Systems Services Inc 1990 to 1991
Silt Drying Facility sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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
19 on file1996 · 2 incidents
EE WAS CLEANING OUT LOADER AND THE WIND BLEW DUST AND GLASS INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
1995 · 4 incidents
WORKING AT PLANT AND GOT DUST INTO LEFT EYE.
MAN FELL ON ICY CATWALK AT W/S PLANT INJURING RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF BEAM & TWISTED LEFT HAND EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN 3 DAYS OF LITE DUTY BUT ONLY RETURNED TO WORK 1 DAY & IS NOW OFF
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF STELBECAME LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
1992 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED WELDERS FLAS;H TO BOTH EYES EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT IT TO FOREMAN UNTIL IT WAS DENIED BY BC/BS LETTER ATTACHED
DRIVER OF TRUCK SAID THAT ROAD NEEDED REPAIRS FROMRAIN ALSO SEAT WAS LOOSE IN CAB.HAD SEAT FIXED AND REPAIRED AFTER HEAVY RAIN.
TRUCK WAS AT DUMP SITE WHEN THE GROUND FAILED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADED 65 TON HAULPAK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SLIDE ABOUT 20' OVER BANK.
1991 · 6 incidents
FITTING PIPE TO FLANGE PIPE AND FLANGE WAS REMOVE TO BE WELDED
WHILE MAKING ROUNDS, HE WALKED INTO A 4 FT. DOOR.
WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF PIPE & WALKING WITH IT HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE WELDING A HEAD WHEEL ON THE SILT PLANT SHAKER. A FORIEGN OBJECT BECAME LODGED IN LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME.
AFTER STOPPING A 78" BELT, THE INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER. THE FIRST RUNG OF THE LADDER WAS ICE COATED AND HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
THE INJURED WAS CLEANING A SILT SCREENER WITH A PROPANE TORCH.HOT EMBERS ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE,BETWEEN SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE.
1990 · 4 incidents
WORKING ON 78" BELT FEEDER TO UNBLOCK IT EMPL SLIPPED OFF 10" BEAM & FELL INTO HOPPER. HE HIT CHIN ON ONE OF BAFFLES.
WHILE TAKING APART #13 SHAFT ASSEMBLY, INJURED'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER. HIS ARM WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TOP OF THE LADDER AT THE TIME. DIAGNOSIS, SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO LEFT ARM.
USING BREAKER BAR TO BREAK BOLTS ON VALVE WHILE DOING THIS HIS BACK CRACKED
INJ WAS FILLING DRYED COAL INTO TRAILERS FROM TOP OF STACKER CONVEYOR PLATFORM. WIND BLEW COAL DUST INTO FACE. INJ WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES RESPIRATOR & HARD HAT.