1st District Non Fatal Mine Accidents -- Lackawanna County

Accident Date	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Age	Married Single	Name of Colliery	County	Nature & Cause of Accident in Brief
Jan-13	Frank Sharples	English	Driver	18	S	Raymond	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by being caught between spreader of mule and a water pipe on main haulage road.
Jan-16	Joe Moncavage	Polish	Laborer	24	S	Raymond	Lackawanna	Shoulder blade fractured by fall of roof at face of chamber while loading car.
Jan-16	Edward Burke	American	Driver	16	S	Powderly	Lackawanna	Arm fractured while coupling cards near foot of slope. A trip jumped off on the slope and struck the cars he was coupling.
Jan-20	Alick Fruentine	Italian	Driver	20	S	Riverside	Lackawanna	Right thigh broken by falling off mining car while riding on bumpers coming out of the heading.
Feb-13	Alfred Ganzen-weller	Austrian	Laborer	21	M	White Oak	Lackawanna	Ribs fractured by another man falling on him while they were riding down a slope on a truck.
Feb-14	Joul Morcom	English	Miner	58	M	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Arm fractured by fall of coal when he returned to face of chamber after firing a blast.
Feb-25	Paul Sayfer	Russian	Laborer	43	M	Erie	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by a prop that was discharged along side of heading road by a trip of cars.
Feb-25	Andrew Bojinski	Polish	Laborer	29	S	Erie	Lackawanna	Leg fractured.
Mar-28	Raymond Oakley	American	Driver	17	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Injured by being caught between cars and side planing while crossing between a trip of cars near head of slope. His light went out. The engineer started the trip to get the water out of the cylinders.
Apr-05	Thomas Gilhooley	Irish	Driver	23	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Left arm fractured by a prop that he was assisting the timberman to stand. The rail broke on which he was standing and he fell and the prop fell on him.
Apr-11	George Melan	Polish	Miner	40	M	Morss Hill	Lackawanna	Hip and abdomen bruised by fall of roof at face of chamber while preparing to fire a blast.
May-03	Edward Kosary	Polish	Laborer	28	S	White Oak	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by fall of roof at face of chamber before commencing his day’s work. He had just entered the face of chamber, when roof fell.
May-11	Luegi Fillips	Italian	Miner	40	M	Powderly	Lackawanna	Skull slightly fractured by fall of roof near face of chamber, after returning from firing a blast.
May-13	Michael Vilmont	Polish	Laborer	42	M	Powderly	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by a piece of roof falling on him while sitting down near face of chamber.
2-Jun	John Horrison	Russian	Miner	26	M	Northwest	Lackawanna	Back injured by fall of roof at face of chamber while about to put a cross-timber up.
5-Jun	William Leoon	Polish	Laborer	25	S	Powderly	Lackawanna	Skull slightly fractured by being struck by a prop that he discharged with a rock that he threw back.
5-Jun	Alfred Morcom	English	Driver	19	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Two toes taken off by being caught betweenbumber of car and top of rail while riding on bumper of car that jumped off the track.
14-Jul	William Hofsommer	Austrian	Laborer	20	S	White Oak	Lackawanna	Left collar bone broken by mine car he was running down a “run”, when the car jumped off of the track.
21-Jul	Michael Eshmisky	Polish	Miner	30	S	Powderly	Lackawanna	Hand cut and side bruised by flying coal from a blast while passing through a cross-cut from the chamber he was working in to another.
22-Jul	Akem Sauce	Russian	Miner	35	M	Northwest	Lackawanna	Back injured by fall of roof at face of chamber while drilling a hole.
29-Jul	Patrick Cleary	Irish	Miner	35	M	Powderly	Lackawanna	Hand badly bruised while blocking a car at face of chamber. The wheels ran over the block. Two fingers had to be amputated.
14-Aug	Michael Kelley	American	Laborer	46	M	White Oak	Lackawanna	Jaw bone fractured by being struck by lever while putting car on track on rock dump. Outside.
5-Sep	Cyrus Jenkins	American	Laborer	45	M	Northwest	Lackawanna	Thigh and lef scalded by steam escaping. While he was repairing a steam pipe, an elbow broke. Outside.
10-Sep	Henry Miller	American	Laborer	26	S	White Oak	Lackawanna	Leg fractured near ankle by being caught between boiler and rail of track while loading a boiler on a truck. Outside.
19-Sep	Joseph Lavelle	Irish	Slate-picker	14	S	Tappans	Lackawanna	Foot crushed by railroad cars at breaker. During the noon hour the boy jumped on a trip of cars and slipped under them. Outside.
4-Oct	John Donash	Austrian	Laborer	36	M	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by fall of roof while helping the miner to tamp a hole at face of chamber.
11-Oct	Richard Walsh	American	Miner	30	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Right shoulder dislocated by mine cars toppling over while rounding a curve coming on to heading road from chamber.
22-Oct	Lafayette Mathews	American	Carpenter	36	M	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Two ribs fractured by being caught against timber in shaft while putting a new carriage into place in shaft. Outside.
23-Oct	Michael Solisky	American	Driver	18	S	Powderly	Lackawanna	Compund fracture of atm. He was bumped between cars on a passing branch while unhooking his mule.
24-Oct	Frank Walsh	American	Company Man	19	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Injured by falling. While helping the electrician to wire the mule barn he fell from the place where he was standing, three feet from the floor. Outside.
26-Oct	George Montero	Italian	Laborer	40	M	White Oak	Lackawanna	Back injured and one rib fractured by being caught by mine car at face of chamber. The mule’s harness caught the side of car while passing and pulled the car over the head block in the chamber.
28-Oct	Anthony Pitha	Italian	Miner	31	M	White Oak	Lackawanna	Leg fractured by fall of coal at face of chamber, while barring out a shot.
10-Nov	James Molinaro	Italian	Driver	17	S	Coal Brook	Lackawanna	Arm fractured at wrist by falling off a culm car and the car running over it. Outside.
14-Nov	Stephen Cowaniac	Russian	Car Loader	25	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Foot cut off at ankle joint. While barring railroad car another car ran into him. Outside.
15-Nov	Frank Ropoche	Italian	Miner	25	M	White Oak	Lackawanna	Collar bone broken and body injured by fall of coal. After firing a blast in face of chamber he was barring down some loose coal when it fell on him.
22-Nov	Felix Styputski	Polish	Laborer	25	S	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Ribs broken by fall of coal at face of chamber while loading car.
29-Nov	John Lusasko	Polish	Laborer	25	S	Northwest	Lackawanna	Leg fractured below the knee by fall of roof while working at the face of chamber.
5-Dec	John Novak	Polish	Company Laborer	40	M	Erie	Lackawanna	Left leg fractured below knee by being caught by car. He was waiting along side of track for an empty car into which he was going to load sand when the car jumped off the rack.

This information was donated by Rosanne Gemzik
This information was typed by Patrice Schadt

Mary Ann Lubinsky
County Coordinator

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