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Shaw Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Windber, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602773

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2001–2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
158
citations
53
significant & substantial
$44,947
proposed penalties
$41,405
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
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 1 0
2024 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q1 0 3 0
2022 Q4 1,798 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,839 1 0 352.2
2022 Q2 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

14 on file

2013 · 1 incident

September 30, 2013 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing into the D-11 dozer when he slipped. When he reached for the grab handle, he felt pain in his stomach area.

2012 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

October 26, 2010 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Action Mining, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing loss only.

2009 · 1 incident

December 9, 2009 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Action Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

Getting in loader for shift, slipped and fell.

2008 · 3 incidents

November 17, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Action Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling on wrench - strained back.

May 13, 2008 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Action Mining, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was welding on drag line bucket. While standing on a cable spool he attempted to step off the spool, fell to the floor and landed on his left arm. He was transported to a local hospital and diagnosed with a broken left wrist.

February 26, 2008 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Action Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing boom of drill to put in pin. Slipped, caught himself and twisted lower back.

2007 · 1 incident

2005 · 2 incidents

November 11, 2005 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Action Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

Standing on dozer tracks & fell off.

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

April 12, 2002 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Action Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object

CABLE BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK LEGS.

2001 · 2 incidents