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Standard Pile: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Diversified Energy Recoveries · Facility
Controlled by Lamolinara Nat A
Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607717

MSHA record for Standard Pile (mine ID 3607717). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
4
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: 4 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. Solstat Coal Company 1985 to 1988
  2. Solstat Coal Company 1988 to 1995
  3. Diversified Energy Recoveries 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Standard Pile sits in Westmoreland 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.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · Population 353,345
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solstat Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WORKER CLIMBING PILE OF FINE COAL,SPRAINED LEFT KNEE.

January 21, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Solstat Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LIGHTING A FUEL OIL HEATER WHEN A DOWN DRAFT CAUSED A FLASH BACK TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEES FACE CAUSING SLIGHT BURNS TO FACE & EYES NOT SERIOUS

1990 · 1 incident

January 10, 1990 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solstat Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED EMPLOYEE STOPPED AND HIT HIS RIBS AGAINST FRAME OF CENTRIFUGE.