Mining Incidents

Gowen Stripping Coal

Fern Glen, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601725

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
55
citations
21
significant & substantial
$5,398
proposed penalties
$5,398
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 425 1 0 2352.9
2011 Q3 6,290 12 8 1907.8
2011 Q2 4,226 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,952 2 2 403.9
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 4,077 3 1 735.8
2010 Q1 2,987 2 0 669.6
2009 Q4 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 27, 2011 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Contractors (1991) Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was standing on the tracks of a CAT D9L dozer while passing the fuel hose to the operator. The employee slipped on the wet, muddy track and fell to the arm for the dozer blade. He then also further fell to the ground and hurt his shoulder trying to stop his fall.

2009 · 1 incident

May 15, 2009 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Contractors (1991) Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was attempting to ascend a ladder to the cab of a CAT 777 haul truck, when he slipped and fell on his back. Employee was in pain and tolerated it without reporting this original injury. Employee claims to have aggravated the injury on 6/11/09 while trying to bang a pin from a bucket of a CAT 365 excavator. The injury was not reported to the employer timely.

2000 · 1 incident

July 18, 2000 PA · Coal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Contractors (1991) Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS PERFORMING REPAIRS TO DRILL WHILE STANDING ON DRILLING PLATFORM. HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO DOOR HANDLE WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.