Mining Incidents

Dooley Run Mine Coal

Mt. Morris, Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608831

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
24
significant & substantial
$5,903
proposed penalties
$5,903
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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 2 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 17, 2008 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania LLC · Struck against a moving object

Machine came to sudden stop - cut employee's right arm.

2007 · 1 incident

January 26, 2007 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cobra Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Continuous miner was pulling last rib on block when a roof fall occurred causing continuous miner to be trapped under rock fall.

2006 · 5 incidents

August 3, 2006 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cobra Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Shuttle car was stuck on feeder scoop, was lifting shuttle car. Injured was hooking up a chain to shuttle car; shuttle car slipped off scoop bucket causing bucket to jar, knocking EE to rib.

July 6, 2006 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cobra Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Injured was sitting w/intersection bolting miner. Shuttle car trammed into but ran over rock causing rock to fly striking injured in the forehead.

June 20, 2006 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cobra Mining LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured was pulling the contactor case from Eimco shuttle car. He felt pain in back, he finished shift and tried to work the next day. Pain was too bad and he had to go to doctor.

June 12, 2006 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cobra Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Working place #6 entry cut back into 10 rm causing a three way intersection. The breakthru at 10 rm fell. 4 ft high, 17 ft wide and 20 ft long.

June 9, 2006 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cobra Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was helping to install a 4 ft roof bolt, bolt started to bend, he put hand up to straighten bolt. Co-worker put up pressure on bolt causing it to bend and caught injured's right thumb against roof.

2002 · 2 incidents

January 31, 2002 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Dana Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOVING S & S CANOPY SCOOP FROM #7 FACE TO #3 FACE OF 2 SOUTH SECTION. MINER CABLE WAS HUNG FROM ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE. INJURED RAISED HIMSELF OUT OF CANOPY WITH HA ND ON STEERING PIVOT STOP TO SEE LOCATION OF BOLTER CABLE WHEN KNEE PUSHED STEERING LEVER CAUSING SCOOP TO PIVOT AND SMASH LEFT RING FINGER.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2001 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dana Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN ROADWAY WHEN OPERATOR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD.

July 23, 2001 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dana Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.