Mining Incidents

MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Windber, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609525

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
205
citations
51
significant & substantial
$43,253
proposed penalties
$37,841
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 6,410 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,345 3 0 359.5
2024 Q3 7,370 4 0 542.7
2024 Q2 7,064 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,164 11 0 1535.5
2023 Q4 6,836 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,130 7 0 981.8
2023 Q2 7,967 1 0 125.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 3, 2020 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning a chute on the stacker belt when coal broke loose and the rock bar struck face. This resulted in concussion-like symptoms and a lost time accident.

2017 · 1 incident

May 8, 2017 PA · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working on a pump, rotating pulley to remove impeller. Victim got thumb got between pulley and drive belts. Laceration required 11 stitches.

2013 · 1 incident

December 12, 2013 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While lifting a pipe with a chain block a strap broke, which caused EE a strain in his shoulder. EE never reported it till 1/29/14. He went to the doctor on 1/31/14 and reported back to work as lite duty. We had no lite duty work so EE was sent home on 2/3/14 pending further evaluation. Contacted us on 2/20/14 - he will have surgery & will be off longer.

2009 · 1 incident

September 23, 2009 PA · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall from machine

This was a no lost time accident-there was done for a few months. The was decided to do surgery to repair torn ligament's. The first day missed due to accident was 4/16/10 for surgery

2008 · 3 incidents

September 9, 2008 PA · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee entered dangered off area, under construction on the 3rd floor of the plant. He was looking up and fell in a hole cut for mag seperator being installed.

February 21, 2008 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As individual was cutting a hole in a piece of conveyor belt, the utility knife he was using slipped and cut his right knee which required three stitches.