Mining Incidents

Clymer Prep Plant Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Clymer, Indiana County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3607688

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2003–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
40
significant & substantial
$17,178
proposed penalties
$15,965
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
2025 Q4 5,949 5 0 840.5
2025 Q3 5,991 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,059 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,844 3 0 513.3
2024 Q1 7,280 1 0 137.4
2023 Q3 5,770 1 0 173.3
2023 Q1 6,706 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,880 4 0 680.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 16, 2026 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to plant to start EE's shift and slipped on a patch of ice resulting in a fractured ankle.

2015 · 1 incident

July 29, 2015 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

Miners were loading garbage into a hoisting basket when a piece of guarding fell striking a man walking up the stairs on the back.

2013 · 1 incident

March 28, 2013 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Notified of Reportable Hearing Loss on this employee.

2010 · 2 incidents

March 13, 2010 PA · Coal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting belts on screen drive when his left ring finger got pinched between wrench and steel drive.

March 3, 2010 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Standing in manbasket, basket suddenly swung to the left and jarred employee's back.

2006 · 1 incident

July 12, 2006 PA · Coal pumper MACHINERY
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using hand drill to purge a blocked line with water (overhead). Coal and water was running down on employee. Drill caught and slapped employee on the left check on his face causing laceration. Drill handle became wet and slipped.

2005 · 1 incident

February 4, 2005 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Instructed employees not to be carrying/lifting too heavy of loads when doing their jobs.

2004 · 5 incidents

November 15, 2004 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee walked down into a work area where an excavator was operating. The operator did not see employee, swung bucket around striking EE down onto the ground.

October 12, 2004 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Fall down stairs

While employee was decending down steps, while carrying water hose, hose caught at corner of railing pulling employee back enough to lose footing on stair treads. He fell onto right elbow on metal stair tread.

August 25, 2004 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While climbing up loader ladder, employee's feet slipped out from under him. He fell down 2 or 3 steps, his right arm caught on railing and the weight of his body pulled his right shoulder out.

January 30, 2004 PA · Coal NO VALUE FOUND
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE BELT INSPECTION, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOOL AND FELT SEVERE BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT LIFTING OR CARRYING ANY ADDITIONAL WEIGHT AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

2003 · 1 incident

August 19, 2003 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mears Enterprise Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WORKING ON A SCREEN. WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF THE SCREEN DECK, EE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS HEAD & NECK ON AN OVERHANGING PIPE.