Mining Incidents

Wilson Creek Surface Mines Coal

Somerset, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609888

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
33
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,905
proposed penalties
$7,592
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 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 107 1 0 9345.8
2023 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 431 1 0 2320.2
2022 Q4 215 3 0 13953.5
2022 Q2 0 4 1
2022 Q1 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

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 5, 2012 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing the discharge line for a surface pump. While cutting the discharge line off of a coupler, his knife slipped and he stabbed his left thumb.

2011 · 3 incidents

April 2, 2011 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was retrieving fuel hose and slipped on fresh snow fall, twisting his ankle.

February 15, 2011 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

He slipped and fell on ice, which had stones sticking out of the ice. When he put down his hand to break his fall, the stones cut his right hand.

February 11, 2011 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was descending the ladder on the right side of the loader, his gloved right hand slipped loose from the ladder handrail, causing him to fall backward to the ground. He landed on his back and had the wind knocked out of him. His back was hurting and he reported the accident to the job foreman. The temperature was 15 degrees and there was frost on the equipment.