Mining Incidents

Starford Mine Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Starford, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609637

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2011–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
127
citations
32
significant & substantial
$36,427
proposed penalties
$29,048
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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,156 4 1 1855.3
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

2016 · 2 incidents

March 28, 2016 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by flying object

The employee was fueling EE's loader at the end of the shift. It was very windy and dust was blowing off the loader. EE apparently had some of the dirt blown into EE's eye. The dirt and rust particles were removed by an eye doctor. There was no permanent damage to EE's eye.

January 14, 2016 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The loader operator was getting off the CAT 992G loader at the end of the shift. EE stepped off the counter weight of the machine with EE's right foot onto a level berm. EE stepped onto a piece of #3 stone causing EE's ankle to roll and EE fell to the ground. EE was diagnosed with a sprained ankle.

2014 · 2 incidents

2013 · 2 incidents

2012 · 3 incidents

2011 · 2 incidents

July 20, 2011 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Muddy, wet conditions - breaking chain while pulling shuttle car out striking him on thigh.