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PENNSYLVANIA STATE MINING REPORTS

BERWIND-WHITE COAL MINING COMPANY’S MINES IN THE WINDBER AREA:

NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS, 1898-1918

Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1898

April 16 |MYERS, C. E. |Laborer | 19 | Single |… |Eureka No. 33 | Somerset |Fracture of leg; caused by a fall of roof from the side of working place.

| |1898

July 27 |ARTIC, JOE |Miner | 45 | Married |… |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of rock. | |1898

Nov. 27 |SAMOUSE,

C. L. |Rock man | 26 | Single |… |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Left arm fractured by explosion of dynamite. | |1898

Nov. 27 |BRACKEN,

H. H. |Rock man | 27 | Married |… |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Flesh wound on hip, caused by explosion of dynamite. | |1898

Nov. 27 |BERKEY, J. W. |Rock man | 23 | Single |… |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Thumb mashed; ten sticks of dynamite exploded while they were thawing it over a red hot stove.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1898

Nov. 28 |MURPHY, MARTIN |Rock man | 35 | Single |… |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Hand blown off; caused by heating dynamite over a stove to thaw it. | |1898

Dec. 21 |AURISON, ALBERT |Laborer | 26 | Single |… |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Four toes mashed by being run over by electric motor. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1899

June 10 |BARBET, LOUIS |Loader | 47 | Married |… |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken; he tripped and car ran over his leg. | |1899

July 31 |CARMELL, GUY |Spragger | 23 | Single |… |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Was squeezed between motor and rib. | |1899

Aug. 9 |TOMKO, JOHN |Scraper | 25 | Married |… |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by a fall of coal. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1900

Feb. 2 |MEYERS, CALVIN

|Rock man | 23 |Single |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Back hurt by a fall of rock. | |1900

Mar. 29

|GENG, MARTIN |Loader | 30 |Single |German |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Fractured leg, caused by a fall of coal. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1900

April 28 |AIRHEART, CECIL |Laborer | 17 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Slightly injured by being struck by a runaway car. | |1900

Sept. 10 |DEMKO, MIKE |Loader | 30 |Single |Slav |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken; struck by a piece of coal. | |1900

Dec. 18 |KEMPSEEN, ROSE |Miner | 24 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg broken below the knee by a fall of coal. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1901

Jan. 11 |PLAPA, MIKE |Miner | 36 |Married |Austrian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Injured by fall of rock. | |1901

Feb. 19 |HUNNEUZIK, JOHN |Loader | 19 |Single |Slav |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Arm and toes crushed by cars. Arm had to be amputated. | |1901

May 2 |DOLO, ANGELO |Miner | 37 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Flesh wound on hand and right leg by cars. | |1901

Oct. 25 |MOELNER, ANDY |Miner | 35 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |One eye destroyed by a blown out shot. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1902

Jan. 3 |MANSFIELD, ALFRED L. |Spragger | 21 |Single |American |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Injured by a motor. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1902

Mar. 8 |VINSNICK, JOHN |Loader | 22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg broken by a lump of coal striking it. | |1902

April 2 |TOMELENUS, ALEX. |Miner | 25 |Single |Lithuanian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Back badly injured by a fall of rock. | |1902

April 21 |FVORSKOS-KIC, PAUL |Loader |23 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Ribs broken by being caught between cars and door frame. | |1902

May 10 |BERKSTRES-SER, GRANT |Asst. fore-man | 31 |Married |American |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Injured internally. He was riding on the motor, and jumped off while it was in motion.

| |1902

May 28 |STRAUB, JOSEPH |Loader | 17 |Single |German |Eureka No. 37 |Somerset |Fracture of leg, caught between the bumpers of the cars. | |1902

July 15 |HARVEY, RODGER |Rock man | 57 |Married |American |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Injured by an explosion of dynamite. | |1902

Aug. 6 |DAVIS, LEMON |Spragger | 21 |Married |American |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Injured by being caught by car. | |1902

Aug. 26

|NUGLOCK, JOHN |Loader | 34 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Leg broken by a fall of slate. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1902

Sept. 4 |PUPP, JOHN |Loader | 21 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Somerset |Injured by a fall of rock. | |1902

Oct. 4

|FRANK, MIKE |Miner | 49 |Married |… |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg broken by a fall of slate. | |1902

Dec. 3

|OMERINE, MIKE |Miner | 27 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Compound fracture of right leg. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1903

Feb. 2 |MULSON, MIKE |Miner |43 |Married |German |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Injured by fall of rock for want of more care in propping. | |1903

Mar. 4 |HYDOCK, ANDY |Miner |35 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Bruised about face and arms. | |1903

Mar. 4 |SHURKO, GEORGE |Miner |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Sight somewhat injured; caused by an explosion of dynamite. | |1903

Mar. 9

|CERELLI, TONY

|Loader |34 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Left leg broken above the ankle. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1903

Mar. 19 |STUDNOS, JOSEPH |Miner |35 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |This man and his brother were pushing three cars out of their room; the front car jumped the track and struck Tony and broke his leg.

| |1903

Mar. 19 |STUDNOS, GEORGE |Miner |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |One cut on back and face and the other on head and ear by shot fired without giving them warning.

| |1903

July 23 |COCKEYE, LEWIS |Cutter |28 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Back injured by a fall of rock; could have been avoided by propping.

| |1903

Aug. 15 |BOB, SHANDO

|Miner |18 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Somerset |Broken leg by fall of rock; could have been avoided by propping. | |1903

Oct. 23 |BONETT, JOE |Loader |32 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by car running over it; he ran a car out of his room and he had another car in and he neglected to put a sprag in last car and it started out after him, causing accident.

| |1903

Oct. 28 |SHIPPY, JACOB |Spragger |19 |Single |German |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Cut badly above his knee by foot catching on a tie and car coming against it. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1903

Nov. 17 |KRUPA, JOHN |Miner |49 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Right leg broken above the knee by a fall of coal; while he was tamping a hole to blow down the coal a slip came in back of mining that could not be seen; accident was unavoidable.

| |1903

Nov. 25 |DEAN, KOUNTY |Scraper |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg fractured; a piece of coal rolled over and struck his leg; was a pure accident.

| |1903

Dec. 1 |PETE, JOE |Spragger |21 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Squeezed around hip, wrists and stomach; he jumped off his motor and tripped and got between motor and prop, causing accident; unavoidable.

| |1903

Dec. 7 |GREBER, CHARLES |Loader |17 |Single |German |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by a lump of coal rolling over and strike his leg; unavoidable.

| |1903

Dec. 22 |NELSON, CHARLES |Scraper |22 |Married |Swedish |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Flesh wound; caused by trip of empty cars running in on wrong track and over his leg.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1903

Dec. 29 |SELEGA, JOE |Miner |36 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Arm broken and chest injured by a fall of slate; he and his partner knew it was dangerous and had been told to put in more props.

| |1903

Dec. 30 |NAMET, GEORGE |Miner |42 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Back injured or sprained by a small piece of rock falling off the side where he kept his bucket, when he laid the bucket down the rock fell and hit him on the back.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1904

Jan. 27 |BOLISKI, MIKE |Spragger |20 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Cambria |Run over by mine car and injured severely. | |1904

Mar. 11 |SOKASKI, JOHN |Miner |23 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Back injured by fall of slate. | |1904

Mar. 19 |DUCHALE, JOHN

|Miner |18 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Thigh broken. Motor struck his car and knocked it against his leg. | |1904

Mar. 28

|MUNICK, DOMINICK |Miner |19 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg broken and finger smashed by a fall of rock while loading his car. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1904

April 19 |BROSKEY, STINEY |Miner |22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37 |Somerset |Leg broke, caught between cars. | |1904

May 16 |JOUKOUSE, JOHN |Motorman |24 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hip and back injured. Ran into trip of empty mine cars. | |1904

Oct. 19 |OLOSE, JOHN |Loader |45 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Several scalp wounds, thigh broken and breast crushed. Caught between a trip of loaded mine wagons inside the mine.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1905

Mar. 14 |ARBOR, MIKE |Miner |37 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Hand badly crushed by fall of coal. | |1905

April 28 |PAPISH, JOE |Miner |40 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Severely injured about the head by fall of coal. | |1905

May 20 |HARNER, JOHN |Miner |37 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Crushed about hips by fall of rock. | |1905

July 29

|BURKE, W. C. |Motorman |32 |Married |American |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Arm broken by being struck by a rail he was hauling in the mine. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1905

Sept. 5 |MERI, JOHN |Loader |23 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Ankle and knee badly bruised by being run over by mine wagon. | |1905

Sept. 18 |SAVORONA, ERNEST

|Miner |30 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Head and collar bone injured by fall of coal. | |1905

Sept. 18 |IGNOTS, KOSH |Loader |33 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg fractured above knee by fall of coal. | |1905

Oct. 17 |JIAR, JOE |Miner |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg badly crushed by being caught between mine wagons. | |1905

Oct. 21 |YOHAN, JOHN |Miner |40 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg broken above the knee by fall of rock. | |1905

Nov. 15 |MACHINE, NICK |Miner |33 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg broken by mine wagon. | |1905

Nov. 18 |PRIBUSKY, MIKE |Miner |38 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Hip and foot bruised by fall of rock. | |1905

Nov. 22 |WAHELL, JOE |Miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Collar bone fractured and hip bruised by fall of rock. | |1905

Nov. 28 |BINIK, JOE |Loader |24 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Right leg bruised and cut on the head by fall of rock. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1905

Dec. 9 |BITCHIE, MIKE |Trackman |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Badly bruised about the neck and body by mine car. | |1905

Dec. 22 |METEZKO, MARTIN |Rockman |38 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Severely crushed about head and body by fall of rock. | |1905

Dec. 22 |GONBAL, JOHN |Miner |18 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Back injured by being caught between two loaded mine cars. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1906

Jan. 3 |LEONARD, RALPH |Miner |35 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Rupture of abdominal muscles, by mine cars. He started to run the cars down a grade and fell between them.

| |1906

Jan. 13 |PRIHONIK, JOHN |Miner |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Dislocated joint in his back, by a fall of rock. | |1906

Jan. 17 |RICKLY, GEORGE |Miner |26 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Ruptured blood vessel in left thigh. Caught by a fall of coal while mining.

| |1906

Jan. 22 |COON, JOHN |Loader |18 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Small bone in hand broken and arm bruised by a mine car that jumped the track. He was caught between the car and the rib. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1906

Jan. 22 |ROSS, JAMES |Cutter |22 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Back broken by a fall of roof. He removed some props to set up has machine, which caused the fall.

| |1906

Jan. 25 |RODGERS, JESSE |Loader |17 |Single |American |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Burned about head and hands by powder. He was filling cartridge with lamp on his head, and a spark dropped into can of powder.

| |1906

Feb. 8 |DOBSON, GEORGE |Scraper |31 |Married |American |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Leg bruised between knee and ankle by a fall of coal

| |1906

Feb. 10 |ARBOW, MIKE |Miner |38 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Injured across hips by a fall of coal. | |1906

Feb. 13 |BURNS, GEORGE W. |Cutter |27 |Single |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Bone below knee fractured. He was struck by a mine car that the loader neglected to sprag.

| |1906

Mar. 1 |KRUPKO, ANDREW C. |Miner |38 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Bruised on body and two ribs broken by mine cars.

| |1906

Mar. 8

|MOCAR, ANDY |Miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Head cut and injured about chest by a fall of roof.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1906

Mar. 13 |GENG, MARTIN |Cutter |30 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Squeezed about hips and body. He tried to jump on motor and was caught between it and the rib.

| |1906

Mar. 14 |KUSH, TOM

|Miner |37 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Shoulder injured by a fall of coal. | |1906

Mar. 15 |PHILIP, JOHN |Miner |40 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Back injured by a fall of rock. He neglected to prop the rock.

| |1906

Mar. 15 |KREBS, FRANK |Car shifter |26 |Single |German |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Ankle sprained by falling on rail, outside of tipple.

| |1906

Mar. 27 |BERTON, NICK |Miner |26 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Arm blown off and otherwise badly injured by explosion of a stick of dynamite in his hand. He struck the cap in the dynamite with a file.

| |1906

Mar. 27 |TOBIAS, ANDY |Loader |42 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Compound fracture of leg by a fall of slate. He neglected to prop the roof which he knew was loose and ready to fall.

| |1906

June 9 |FULGUNTO, SERVENA |Miner |17 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Foot bruised by being run over by a loaded car.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1906

July 14

|RATZ, ANDY |Miner |40 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hand cut and bruised by a fall of coal in his room.

| |1906

July 24

|TRIMBATH, HENRY |Spragger |22 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Squeezed between his trip of cars and the rib.

| |1906

Aug. 6 |LOCK, JOE |Loader |26 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Bone in foot broken. Caught between the motor and a loaded car on which he was riding.

| |1906

Aug. 13 |WICK, LEWIS |Motorman |26 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg cut and body bruised. He was caught between his motor and a car.

| |1906

Aug. 16 |MEEHAN, JR., JAMES |Surveyor |19 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg and heel bruised. He was thrown out of the trip when cars jumped the track.

| |1906

Aug. 22

|SHOCK, JOHN |Cutter |37 |Married |Russian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back and leg hurt by a fall of rock.

| |1906

Sept. 5 |NORALSKI, JOHN |Miner |20 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg broken by a fall of coal while mining in his room.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1906

Sept. 8 |FRANCHIC, JOHN |Miner |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Hands and face burned by explosion of a can of powder he had in his hands.

| |1906

Sept. 19 |COSMESKI, CONSTANT |Miner |35 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken between knee and ankle. Struck by a lump of coal that fell off a clay vein in his room.

| |1906

Sept. 19 |RIBEN-CHOCKY, MIKE |Miner |22 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken. Was caught between two cars on his room switch. | |1906

Oct. 1 |BODRA, MIKE |Loader |35 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Collar bone broken by a fall of coal, a lump rolling and striking his shoulder.

| |1906

Oct. 23 |NOBLE, WALTER

|Miner |30 |Married |English |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Shoulder crushed by a fall of coal. | |1906

Nov. 12 |CARRY, PETER |Miner |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken. Struck by lump of coal that fell off the face of his room while he was mining.

| |1906

Nov. 15 |ROMESBURG, HARVEY |Miner |18 |Single |American |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg broken by being thrown off a car onto the rail, in riding out of the mine.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1906

Decd. 11 |GHON, ROBERT |Motorman |23 |Married |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg broken. Squeezed between motor and mine car.

| |1906

Dec. 29

|YEAGER, JOE |Miner |26 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg badly bruised. Caught between two mine wagons near his room. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1907

Jan. 11 |MARACUS, CARL |Miner |28 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Skull fractured and collar bone broken by fall of coal while mining under a loose end.

| |1907

Jan. 21 |HUDA JOHN |Miner |27 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Injured internally by being struck by mine cars that broke loose from trip on the heading and run back. He stood in the middle of the road instead of turning out to the side for safety.

| |1907

Jan. 21 |ROBERTSON, WALTER |Spragger |28 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hand badly injured between two mine cars when making a coupling.

| |1907

Jan. 31 |MARRION, MIKE

|Loader |45 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg injured by fall of coal. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

Feb. 11 |SHULTIS, JOSEPH |Laborer |35 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Small finger cut off right hand while coupling a car to the trip | |1907

Feb. 16 |BEST, PETER |Laborer |18 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Ribs fractured. Sat too far out over side of motor and was knocked off.

| |1907

Mar. 25 |KNISKI, JOE

|Trapper |15 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Leg crushed by mine car. He fell asleep at his door with his leg over the rail.

| |1907

April 3 |ZANKI, BRATTIS |Miner |45 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Three ribs broken and foot cut by being struck by an electric motor. | |1907

April 8 |BULICK, JOHN |Miner |38 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Injured internally by fall of coal that he neglected to sprag. | |1907

April 9 |BENDER, HENRY |Flagger |16 |Single |American |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg injured by falling under trip of empty cars. | |1907

April 13 |WHAS, JOHN |Miner |35 | Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg fractured by fall of rock that he should have taken down. | |1907

April 15 |YOSEY, JOE |Miner |43 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Back and hip injured by a fall of draw slate that he should have taken down.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

April 16 |PETNICHA, PETE |Miner |34 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Injured internally by fall of slate. | |1907

April 16 |SUETZKO, MIKE |Miner |30 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Injured by a fall of rock. | |1907

April 26 |MORDISH, JOHN |Miner |24 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of draw slate. | |1907

April 29 |RIST, THOMAS |Rockman |28 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Squeezed between the top of an electric motor and a cross bar while holding the trolley against the wire.

| |1907

May 1 |LEWARCH, MIKE |Trackman |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Both legs injured by motor in the mine. He ran in front of motor. | |1907

May 8 |BROSKEY, PETER |Scraper |41 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg injured between an empty tri of cars and a mining machine truck.

| |1907

May 18 |GURSEFFO, BINARCCO |Miner |23 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg crushed by mine car, he tried to jump on loaded trip going out of the mine.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

May 22 |MEHALEY, JOHN |Miner |30 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 38 |Somerset |Foot injured under the frame of an electric motor. | |1907

May 25 |PEARSON, GEORGE |Spragger |21 |Married |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg badly crushed by mine car. | |1907

June 1 |ZIGLER, SHAWN |Spragger |20 |Married |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Small bone in wrist broken by mine car. | |1907

June 8 |HUDICK, ANDY |Miner |27 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by being run over by an empty mine car. | |1907

June 14 |GISILI, TENK |Timber-man |35 |Married |German |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Foot injured and two toes broken by fall of rock. | |1907

June 22 |DUDECK, STYNIO |Miner |42 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Bone in foot broken by a fall of rock that he neglected to pull down.

| |1907

June 24 |RIGALLA, SALINO |Miner |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Bruised across hip. Was squeezed between trip and a prop. | |1907

June 24

|SHUDICK, JOHN |Loader |43 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg injured between empty mine cars. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

June 25 |TULLI, JOHN |Machine runner |32 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Jaw bone broken and collar bone dislocated by fall of coal and rock. | |1907

July 10 |NOLDER, JAMES D. |Assistant foreman |30 |Married |American |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Body bruised and face cut by flying timbers and coal. | |1907

July 18 |NAYLOR, THOMAS |Trapper |16 |Single |American |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg broken by mine car. He tried to jump on the trip going out and fell under cars.

| |1907

July 24 |COSKI, JOHN |Miner |20 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Collar bone broken by fall of coal. | |1907

July 31 |STATION, TONY |Loader |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg injured between mine cars. | |1907

Aug. 3 | ARTION, JOHN |Loader |26 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka no. 31 |Somerset |Back and hips injured; squeezed between car and rib. | |1907

Aug. 9 |STRAMOCK, STEVE |Miner |39 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hip and leg injured by fall of rock. | |1907

Aug. 13 |RETKI, CHAS. |Miner |22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Hand badly injured by mine car, he tried to pull a heading switch shut with his hand and was caught by car.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

Aug. 20 |BALOCK, LOUIS |Miner |34 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of bone coal. | |1907

Sept. 9 |WARGO, MIKE |Track man |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Chest and side injured by mine car. | |1907

Sept. 19 |DWYER, JOHN |Spragger |37 |Married |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg injured by mine car. | |1907

Oct. 2 |MATTICE, ANDY |Miner |26 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Shoulder and leg injured by fall of slate. | |1907

Oct. 10 |MOSKO, BOTTICE |Miner |24 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Collar bone fractured by fall of coal that he neglected to prop. | |1907

Oct. 29 |STALPIN, JOSEPH |Miner |40 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Arm broken and fingers smashed by attempting to jump on a moving trip of cars.

| |1907

Nov. 7 |SALVIN, PASGNEL |Track cleaner |50 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by mine car, caused by leaving a switch open on the heading.

| |1907

Nov. 11

|POLINSKIE, MIKE |Spragger |21 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg cut off. Was caught between car and motor on the heading.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1907

Nov. 26 |LONTZ, TONY |Miner |26 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Injured internally. Was riding in on the man trip and jumped off before trip stopped and fell on a block of wood.

| |1907

Dec. 6 |ARBER, MIKE |Miner |40 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Back seriously injured by fall of slate.

| |1907

Dec. 11 |KOCHIN, ADAM |Motorman |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by mine car. | |1907

Dec. 12 |PENASTSIC, FREEMONT |Miner |22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Leg and hip injured by fall of rock. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1908

Jan. 4 |BULLOCK, JOHN |Miner |25 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg bruised between mine cars. | |1908 Jan. 6 |BRIDGE-WATER, WILLIAM |Timber-man |38 |Married |English |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg injured by fall of dirt while getting ready to get timbers. | |1908 Jan. 8

|BEROSKIE, GEORGE |Loader |21 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg injured by fall of rock. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908 Jan. 9 |DUDACK, MIKE |Scraper |21 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal | |1908

Jan. 13 |POWELL, ALEXANDER |Laborer |31 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken below the knee. Stepped in front of a moving mine car.

| |1908 Jan. 15 |SHOSH, ALEX |Miner |36 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal and slate while undermining. | |1908

Jan. 18 |DOBOSH, STEVE |Miner |22 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Head cut and body bruised. He was stealing a ride on a trip of loaded cars, and in jumping off inside the drift mouth while the trip was running, he was caught between the cars and center posts.

| |1908 Jan. 20 |BEDNAS, JOHN |Loader |18 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Injured internally. Squeezed between center posts and car. | |1908 Jan. 22 |SEBNA, SLANDER |Miner |25 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of rock. | |1908

Feb. 1

|SPRAGUE, LEON

|Miner |20 |Single |American |Eureka No. 38 |Somerset |Hips injured by mine car. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908

Feb. 3 |CASPER, PAUL |Miner |27 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Heads, hands and legs burned by powder, caused by a spark falling into a powder can.

| |1908 Feb. 6

|DUDAK, JOHN |Miner |27 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken between two cars. | |1908 Feb. 6 |KUTTS, JOHN |Miner |36 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Collar bone broken by fall of coal and draw slate that he neglected to secure

| |1908

Feb. 10 |PROHONIC, JOHN |Shift Boss |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Injured by a dynamite blast. They [Prohonic and Cosack] prepared two shots in the roof at face of No. 2 main entry, and each man proceeded to light a shot. After they had reached a shelter hole, Cosack told Prohonic that he did not get the fuse of his shot lighted, so after one blast went off they returned to light the other one when it unexpectedly went off.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908

Feb. 10 |COSACK, GEORGE |Laborer |23 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Injured by a dynamite blast. They [Prohonic and Cosack] prepared two shots in the roof at face of No. 2 main entry, and each man proceeded to light a shot. After they had reached a shelter hole, Cosack told Prohonic that he did not get the fuse of his shot lighted, so after one blast went off they returned to light the other one.

| |1908

Feb. 13 |PUSEMPA, JOHN |Miner |26 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken. Run over by mine cars. | |1908

Feb. 14 |FUNDER, JOHN |Miner |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Hips and left foot injured by fall of rock.

| |1908 Mar. 3 |BARNHART,

H. E. |Spragger |21 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Face cut and legs bruised. Thrown from runaway car. | |1908

Mar. 3 |SHERARICK, JOHN |Miner |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Hips injured by fall of coal. He was undermining coal without using sprags.

| |1908

Mar. 6 |GUPJACK, ANDY |Miner |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Left leg broken below the knee by fall of coal. He was scraping after a puncher mining machine in his room. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908

Mar. 13 |ROSCOE, ROBERT |Miner |38 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Shoulder cut by fall of slate at working face. | |1908 Mar. 19 |MIUSKIE, ALEX |Miner |26 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg broken and hand lacerated by fall of slate. | |1908 April 29 |MADICK, PAL |Miner |36 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Spine injured. Knocked down by runaway cars on main entry. | |1908 May 9 |CHECKIS, MIKE |Miner |20 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Head and body bruised by fall of loose rock that he neglected to take down before starting to undermine.

| |1908 May 20 |EMPFIELD, HARRY |Spragger |32 |Married |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Arm squeezed between empty car and motor. | |1908 May 21 |SALO, JOE |Miner |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Right arm amputated by runaway trip of loaded cars. Outside. | |1908 May 22

|SONISLO, STEVE |Miner |33 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hip injured by fall of draw slate and coal that he should have taken down. | |1908 May 24 |MYERS, W. F. |Pipeman |34 |Married |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg cut by axe that flew off the handle while he was cutting a tie. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908 May 27

|MACURA, MIKE |Miner |31 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back and leg injured by fall of rock. | |1908 May 29

|CHULICK, JOHN |Loader |22 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 38 |Somerset |Leg broken between mine cars. | |1908 June 11

|NAVARA, MIKE |Miner |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 33 |Somerset |Scalp injured by fall of coal while undermining. | |1908 June 24 |HORWAT, STEVE |Miner |36 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Side and leg injured by fall of draw slate that he had neglected to take down.

| |1908 June 27 |FAKER, JOHN |Miner |34 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg injured by fall of coal while mining. | |1908 July 3 |SWAKLO, JOSEPH |Miner |25 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Left foot injured by fall of coal while undermining it without the use of sprags.

| |1908 July 22 |JURY, JOHN |Miner |22 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Foot injured by derailed mine car that he was trying to get back on track.

| |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908 July 25 |KENTNER, MIKE |Miner |19 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Sight of right eye destroyed by point of pick. He forgot to fasten the end gate of his car and in prying it shut the pick slipped and struck him in the eye.

| |1908 Aug. 1 |MATTICKS, ANDY |Track-layer |27 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Hips squeezed between motor and entry. He climbed up on bumpers of motor and the motorman not seeing him, started it.

| |1908 Sept. 3 |KUNTRUSH, ANDREW |Rockman |36 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Both collar bones broken by fall of rock while loading a car with rock. | |1908 Sept. 18 |HUSYKUS, MIKE |Miner |40 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 38 |Somerset |Scalp and foot injured while attempting to jump on a moving trip of cars.

| |1908 Sept. 26 |KAVEL, JOSEPH |Spragger |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Left arm and left foot broken and back and shoulder injured. In attempting to jump off a runaway trip he struck a pillar and fell back against the cars.

| |1908 Oct. 1 |ARNOLD, JOHN |Motorman |35 |Married |American |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Injured internally by runaway car on heading. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1908 Oct. 3 |PERKOLA, BENJAMIN |Loader |25 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Left leg so badly crushed between mine cars that amputation above the knee was necessary.

| |1908 Oct. 8 |THUMB, PAUL |Miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 41 |Somerset |Lower jaw fractured by fall of coal. The coal was loose and he did not secure it.

| |1908 Nov. 21 |BOSWICK, THOMAS |Miner |52 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Shoulder injured by fall of slate from side of entry. | |1908 Dec. 10 |BOLUTE, ANTON |Miner |29 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Ribs broken and hip dislocated by fall of rock in his working place. | |1908 Dec. 17 |TOAT, STEVE |Miner |44 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Shoulder blade broken by fall of coal that he had neglected to take down.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1909

Jan. 15 |ZOLBIE, PAUL |Runner |20 |Single |German |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Arm broken. Caught between mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

Jan. 29

|KENDOR, ADAM |Machine runner |26 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back and head injured by fall of slate at face of room. | |Date | Name of Person |Occupa-tion | Age | Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery | County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

Jan. 29 |DUMBROSKY, MICHAEL |Loader |20 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg fractured by fall of coal while robbing pillar. | |1909

Feb. 5 |KOMESKI, FRANK |Miner |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Finger crushed. Caught between mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

Feb. 8 |DUNKOSKY, STINEY |Miner |16 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka no. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal from the rib, while loading car on the side, in pillar work.

| |1909

Feb. 9 |SAFFRONSKI, MASON |Miner |21 |Single |Russian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg fractured. Caught under mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

Feb. 27 |BUNK, JOHN |Miner |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg fractured. Caught between mine wagons near the face of main airway.

| |1909

Mar. 2 |TAYLOR, THOMAS |Runner |19 |Married |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Ribs broken. Struck by mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

Mar. 9 |MOCKO, ANTON |Miner |30 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Injured about the body by fall of slate in pillar workings. | |1909

Mar. 30 |GINDLES-BURGER, HENRY |Miner |30 |Married |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Chest injured. Caught between mine car and floor at face of heading.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

April 16 |JONES, M. E. |Night foreman |42 |Married |American |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Arm broken and body badly injured by mine cars. While running the electric motor into the mine he ran into some empty cars that had broken loose from the trip ahead of him.

| |1909

April 28 |PALLA, JAMES |Miner |19 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by mine cars leaving the track along the cross heading. | |1909

May 1 |BROWNA, JOHN |Miner |24 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Hip injured by jumping out of a man trip while it was in motion. | |1909

May 11 |SABATIS, MIKE |Loader |40 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Wrist bone broken by falling off a moving mine car on haulage road.

| |1909May 26 |BRUNSKI, SADIL |Scraper |21 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of draw slate at face of room. | |1909

May 26 |RACOSKI, STEVE |Company man |37 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by being struck by mine wagons on haulage road. | |1909

May 26 |RITSCOVITS, SAM |Company man |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Two ribs fractured by being struck by moving mine wagons on haulage road.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

June 10 |STINEY, JOE |Miner |24 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Collar bone fractured by fall of coal in pillar work. | |1909

June 12 |HUDSON, THOMAS |Rock boss |71 |Married |Scotch |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by clay falling from side of the shaft while timbering it. | |1909

June 15 |BRIAND, JOSEPH |Miner |24 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Leg fractured by fall of roof at face of room. | |1909

July 1 |SIPOLO, RALPH |Company man |40 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Arm crushed by falling under moving trip of loaded mine cars. Outside.

| |1909

July 7 |GELESKI, WILLIAM |Company man |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Head injured by flying rock from a dynamite blast. | |1909

July 9 |SHORTS, ANDREW |Miner |30 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg fractured. Caught between mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

July 21 |BUCHION, JOHN |Scraper |42 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of top slate at face of room. | |1909

Aug. 10 |SENDOCK, MARTIN |Miner |35 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg cut and bruised by being caught between mine wagons in the heading.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

Aug. 11

|GARDO, DANIEL |Timber-man |36 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Arm crushed at wrist by a piece of slate falling from the roof in room. | |1909

Aug. 14

|POSUOE, JOE |Miner |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg fractured. Caught between mine cars on haulage road. | |1909

Aug. 16 |ROSS, LEWIS |Miner |25 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Caught between timbers and mine cars while dropping cars out of his room.

| |1909

Aug. 21 |ROWSER, MARTIN |Carpenter |49 |Married |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Foot injured while oiling machinery by coming in contact with a circular saw. Outside.

| |1909

Aug. 27 |SODOSKI, JOSEPH |Miner |45 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Back and hips injured by fall of slate in room. | |1909

Oct. 1 |GULICK, ANDY |Rockman |36 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken by car of rock at face of heading. The car ran back off the track and caught his leg under the car.

| |1909

Oct. 8 |BENNA, ALEX |Miner |26 |Married |Magyar |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg fractured by fall of coal at face of room. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

Oct.

14 |EARDAY, LASLO |Miner |23 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Contusion of the head. Caught between mine cars on haulage road.

| |1909

Oct. 14 |POPP, JOHN |Miner |32 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Two fingers broken. Caught under mine car near face of main heading.

| |1909

Oct. 20 |PALLS, JAMES |Miner |19 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal while taking out heading stumps. | |1909

Oct. 30 |GUZIK, ROBERT |Miner |29 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Collar bone dislocated by fall of coal in room. | |1909

Nov. 12 |REPINE, GEORGE |Miner |26 |Married |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Collar bone fractured by fall of coal in room. | |1909

Nov. 18 |BUSKO, MARTIN |Miner |26 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of coal in room. | |1909

Nov. 18 |BRUSOFSKI, JOE |Miner |36 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria

|Collar bone fractured by fall of coal in room. | |1909

Dec. 5

|BISKO, MIKE |Track-man |17 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back injured. Squeezed between electric motor and door. Outside.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1909

Dec. 13 |SWETS, EMOREY |Miner |19 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Spine injured by fall of coal at face of room. | |1909

Dec. 23 |BOSKO, JOE |Miner |21 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Collar bone fractured by fall of coal while drawing pillar | |1909

Dec. 30 |CROYER, STEVE |Miner |41 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Internally injured. Caught between mine cars on haulage road.

| |1909

Dec. 30 |FREDERICK, WILLIAM |Miner |48 |Married |German |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Collar bone fractured and internally injured by fall of coal in room.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1910

Jan. 13 |FORMIT, JOE |Miner |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal at face of entry. | |1910

Jan. 13 |POLOSSY, TENO |Miner |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Hip dislocated by fall of slate at face of room. | |1910

Jan. 21

|SERVERN, LOUIS |Scraper |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg injured by fall of coal at face of room. | |Date

|Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1910

Feb. 10 |KAROY, MARTA |Miner |22 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of roof in pillar work. | |1910

Feb. 17 |POWELL MORGAN |Company man |58 |Married |Welsh |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back sprained. Caught under drilling machine at face of entry. | |1910

Feb. 18 |NUPP, MIKE |Miner |21 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hand crushed by fall of bone coal near face of room. | |1910

April 11 |PADO, VAISHAK |Miner |21 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Collar bone fractured by fall of coal at face of room. | |1910

May 4 |SWATS, MIKE |Miner |36 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal while undermining at face of room. | |1910

May 23 |TOKI, ANDY |Miner |40 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37, Upper |Cambria |Arm broken by fall of bone-coal in pillar work. | |1910

May 23 |MAXWELL, JAMES |Miner |38 |Married |Scotch |Eureka No. 32 |Somerset |Collar bone broken by fall of roof in pillar work. | |1910

May 24

|DUNKOSKI, WILLIAM |Miner |48 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Collar bone broken and hip dislocated by fall of coal at face of room.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1910

May 24 |MANGER, ANDY |Company man |23 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by piece of slate falling on him while laying switch on entry.

| |1910

Aug. 8 |PERVIS, JOHN |Miner |45 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Jaw broken by explosion of dynamite blast that he had lighted with six inches of fuse at the face of his room.

| |1910

Aug. 17 |VOISH, STEVE |Miner |19 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Back broken by fall of draw-slate at face of entry. | |1910

Sept. 2 |TOPA, PAUL |Miner |42 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Head injured by fall of coal at face of room. | |1910

Oct. 11 |ADAMITZ, PAUL |Miner |38 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back broken by fall of bone coal at face of room. | |1910

Oct. 20 |MENNINGER, JOHN |Loader |21 |Married |Magyar |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Shoulder and hip injured by fall of slate on heading in pillar work. | |1910

Nov. 7 |KENESKA, MIKE |Miner |45 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of slate in pillar work. | |1910

Dec. 3 |FORDA, GEORGE |Machine runner |39 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Back broken by fall of slate at face of room. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1910

Dec, 10 |YASKO, MIKE |Miner |33 |Married |Russian |Eureka No. 42, Upper |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of slate at face of room. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1911

Jan. 25 |MILLER, VINCENT |Spragger |18 |Single |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Injured internally by coming in contact with an open door while riding on front end of motor.

| |1911

Jan. 27 |MARCO, JOSEPH |Miner |42 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg injured by fall of coal while undermining at face. | |1911

Feb. 27 |FOUST, JACOB |Spragger |31 |Married |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by being struck by runaway car while going down the heading. He had failed to set the spur switch and a car ran from the room.

| |1911

April 4 |MASCO, MICHAEL |Repair-man |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 34 |Somerset |Spine injured by derailed car while laying a switch. | |1911

May 8 |LONACHIS, STEVE |Miner |27 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Face lacerated, eye badly injured and hip bruised by fall of rock while mining in the heading stumps.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1911

June 2 |LEDORA, JOE |Scraper |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Ribs and hips injured by fall of slate close to face while cutting the face of a room.

| |1911

June 2 |SATRO, ALEX |Cutter |36 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Ribs and hips injured by fall of slate close to face while cutting the face of a room.

| |1911

June 26 |MILLER, THOMAS |Spragger |26 |Married |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Skull fractured by getting off part of trip that had broken loose from the main trip.

| |1911

Aug. 16 |LILLY, JAMES |Spragger |17 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Head lacerated by being thrown against side of heading when the fast-running motor on which he was riding jumped the track.

| |1911

Aug. 18 |ONACAS, ANRENA |Miner |31 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by being run over by mine car. As he was pushing the car out of his room it was struck by runaway car from the heading.

| |1911

Sept. 2 |REDDY, JOHN |Scraper |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Left wrist deeply lacerated by being caught in the gearing of a mining machine while examining it.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1911

Sept. 2 |MULCHANI, GEORGE |Miner |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Arm broken, head injured and injured internally by fall of coal while mining. A slip caused the fall as the coal was well sprigged.

| |1911

Sept. 20 |YESMOND, WM. |Miner |18 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Face badly lacerated by a bottom shot that he thought had missed fire and had gone back to relight.

| |1911

Sept. 23 |CHINCHU-RICK, GEORGE |Miner |36 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg and back injured by fall of rock. A prop had been set, but it had been twisted out by the loose piece of rock.

| |1911

Oct. 5 |CONSKI, FRANK |Miner |32 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37, Upper |Cambria |Compound fracture of left leg and knee dislocated by fall of bone coal while undermining. He had been told to take down the bone coal first.

| |1911

Nov. 30 |ANGELO, FIORI |Miner |22 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by being struck by car that jumped the track while he was standing on the heading waiting for the trip to be placed.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1911

Dec. 7 |CHAMBERS, GILBERT |Doorboy |18 |Single |Irish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by being struck by mine wagon from the tipple as he was standing at the rear end of the man-trip before it entered the mine. Outside.

| |1911

Dec. 7 |SHAFFER, GARFIELD |Spragger |30 |Single |American |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by being thrown from an empty wagon when it came in contact with a motor that was far enough over the frog to allow the wagon to pass on the heading.

| |1911

Dec. 9 |ROMAR, ANDREW |Miner |21 |Single |Russian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by being struck by mine wagon as he was standing on the opposite side of the heading from the safety holes.

| |1911

Dec. 15 |ZINLENSKI, MICHAEL |Miner |25 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Arm broken by fall of slate while mining coal at face of room. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1912

Jan. 20 |DEBIAS, JOHN |Miner |30 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Lower part of body crushed by fall of coal in room. He had neglected to use sprags.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1912

Feb. 3 |WALKER, JOHN H. |Assistant mine foreman |40 |Married |English |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Back injured, ribs and leg broken by fall of rock in room, while he was directing a man to timber the place.

| |1912

Feb. 20 |TRIMOVITCH, JOHN |Loader |20 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back and pelvis injured by fall of slate from side of heading while loading a wagon.

| |1912

Feb. 27 |SERONHA, GEORGE |Machine runner |27 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Leg broken by being struck by a machine in room. The rope broke, causing the machine to skid toward him.

| |1912

Mar. 26 |BOOSKY, MICHAEL |Miner |30 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by being struck by a mine wagon on heading. | |1912

June 27 |VOINA, ELES |Miner |24 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37, Upper |Cambria |Back injured and leg broken by fall of coal at face of room. | |1912

July 6 |VICENTKEY, GOTLIEB |Miner |43 |Married |German |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Body and hips squeezed by fall of rock in pillar work. | |1912

July 19 |HONCHAK, MICHAL |Miner |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back bruised and internally injured by fall of coal in room while undermining.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1912

Aug. 14 |PUGH, CHARLES |Motorman |24 |Single |German |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Foot taken off and leg broken by motor on main heading. His motor struck another motor a side blow, both motors being in motion.

| |1912

Sept. 23 |SAGER, EARL |Spragger |20 |Single |German |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Injured by being struck by timber that was displaced by a derailed mine wagon on main heading.

| |1912

Sept. 28 |THANKO, MICHAL |Miner |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hips bruised by fall of slate at face of room. | |1912

Oct. 2 |COSOCHAK, JOHN |Miner |27 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Face and hands burned by powder in room while making up a cartridge with lamp on his head.

| |1912

Oct. 9 |MOSKOSKIE, ANDREW |Miner |28 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Back injured by fall of slate while using a mining machine at face of room.

| |1912

Nov. 15 |WEAVER, EMORY |Miner |28 |Single |Magyar |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Foot taken off by motor. He stepped out of a shelter hole in front of moving motor on main heading.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1912

Nov. 27 |ZIGLER, SHANNON |Laborer |26 |Single |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Back and ribs bruised. He was lying on the motor and was squeezed between it and a low overhead bridge. Outside.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1913

Jan. 16 |MORGAN, DAVID |Assistant foreman |20 |Single |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg injured by being run over by wagon on heading. | |1913

Feb. 5 |MORGAN, RICHARD |Motorman |39 |Single |American |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by collision of two motors on the main heading. | |1913 Feb. 10 |KNELL, TONY |Miner |36 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by being struck by mine wagon on the main heading near face.

| |1913

Feb. 20 |ANON, FRANK |Miner |23 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by being run over by mine wagon that he had failed to secure with sprags in his working place.

| |1913

April 15 |REPINE, J. F. |Miner |45 |Married |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Face, neck and arms burned by the flame from blast of dynamite that he had exploded in a drill hole and neglected to tamp.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1913

April 18 |GEORGE, HERMAN |Motorman |32 |Married |American |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Arm and leg bruised when his motor ran into some empty wagons that had become detached from the trip preceding him.

| |1913

May 29 |SAGER, CLARENCE |Trapper |17 |Single |American |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Hand amputated when he fell under moving loaded trip. | |1913

Sept. 12 |SENCLAIR, THOMAS |Machine runner |33 |Married |American |Eureka No. 37, Upper |Cambria |Foot and hand hurt by fall of roof while taking the machine away from a newly-made cut.

| |1913

Sept. 27 |GRENSKI, ANDY |Miner |25 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of roof while taking it down. | |1913

Oct. 28 |BOSAK, JOHN |Spragger |23 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken and scalp injured by being struck by wagon. | |1913

Dec. 1 |NEGRO, DANIEL |Miner |31 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Arm broken by fall of roof while loading wagon. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1914

Jan. 5

|KOIRIN, JOSEPH |Miner |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Back broken by fall of roof in pillar workings. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1914

Jan. 14 |BONK, ANDY |Loader |22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37, Upper |Cambria |Head, face and neck burned by powder. His lamp fell from his cap and ignited some loose powder, which ignited the cartridge in his hand.

| |1914

Jan. 14 |BAILEY, GEORGE W. |Laborer |42 |Married |American |Eureka no. 40 |Cambria |Arm torn off by being caught in a pulley and belt while applying some “Cling-Surface,” in coal bunker. Outside.

| |1914

Mar. 17 |YENSLEVICH, JOE |Miner |26 |Single |Lithuanian |Eureka No. 39, Upper |Somerset |Back injured by fall of draw slate while running punching machine at face of airway.

| |1914

Mar. 20 |HORTON, DIMETER |Motorman |28 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg broken in two places by being run over by mine wagons in heading.

| |1914

Mar. 20 |BROSKI, JOHN |Miner |26 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Both feet crushed by the collision of two motors at the junction of a cross heading and the main heading.

| |1914

April 2 |BALLOK, GEORGE |Miner |49 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of slate while mining coal at face of room. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1914

May 26 |YAMUHA, FRANK |Miner |29 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back badly injured by fall of rock while operating a mining machine at face of cross heading.

| |1914

May 30 |RICHARDELL, GIRARD |Miner |36 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Thigh broken by being struck by empty wagon that left the rails at the switch,, while he was standing on the heading.

| | 1914

June 26 |SCALION, LOUIS |Miner |42 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Thigh fractured by fall of coal at face of room. | |1914

July 16 |GASPER, JOHN |Spragger |20 |Married |American |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken by being struck by an empty derailed mine wagon on main heading.

| |1914

July 25 |GITTINGS, GEORGE |Laborer |14 |Single |American |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Arm broken. The glove on his hand caught on the drill in the drill press that he was working at in the machine shop. Outside.

| |1914

Aug. 3 |LIPKA, THOMAS |Miner |29 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back badly injured by falling in front of a loaded wagon that was being hauled out of his room with a hoist.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1914

Aug. 12 |PINTO, PALO |Laborer |26 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg crushed by being run over by rock car. He attempted to jump on the front end of it after it had been started up the plane. Outside.

| |1914

Oct. 28 |BORDISH, JOE |Miner |26 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Compound fracture of leg by fall of rock that he had examined and failed to secure, at face of heading.

| |1914

Oct. 30 |KISH, STEVE |Miner |32 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of slate at face of air course. He had been taking down some plate and while putting it out of the way, more fell.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1915

Feb. 12 |TOTE, JOSEPH |Miner |36 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Back broken by fall of coal at face of heading while making place to put in a cross-bar and post.

| |1915

Mar. 10 |CESCO, JOHN |Miner |21 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal and bone at face of pillar. | |1915

Mar. 30 |MALICK, GEORGE |Miner |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Skull fractured by fall of coal at face of room while undermining.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1915

April 26 |PERHALLA, TAM. |Miner |34 |Married |Greek |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Leg broken by being caught between two mine cars which he was placing in working place. One of the cars was derailed and the other ran into it.

| |1915

June 10 |GEORGE, WILLIAM |Spragger |26 |Married |American |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by being struck by mine cars on heading. While he was going to open a door, his light went out.

| |1915

June 29 |SAKAL, JOSEPH |Miner |35 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Skull fractured by fall of coal at face of room while undermining. | |1915

July 2 |LUCATCH, JOHN |Miner |43 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Back injured by fall of rock while loading coal along the pillar. He had been told not to load it.

| |1915

July 12 |DEMEAGO, JOSEPH |Miner |25 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg fractured by being struck by fall of slate at face of room while undermining coal.

| |1915

Aug. 13 |POLTZ, JOE |Miner |38 |Married |Austrian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Finger torn off by being caught between prop and wagon in room when wagon was derailed.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1915

Sept. 27 |SEVEK, ANDY |Miner |27 |Married |Austrian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back sprained by fall of rock in pillar workings while shoveling coal. | |1915

Oct. 8 |NOVAK, LOUIE |Miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back broken by fall of slate while taking out a pillar in room. | |1915

Oct. 20 |BELASIC, GEORGE |Miner |33 |Married |Russian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Arm and leg broken and head lacerated by fall of slate in pillar workings. He went back into his old abandoned working place for some material.

| |1915

Nov. 4 |SAPARY, JOSEPH |Machinist |27 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg cut off by being caught between mine cars. He was passing close to some empty cars when another car ran against them. Outside.

| |1915

Nov. 5 |KISH, PETER |Miner |33 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg fractured by being struck by falling coal and slate while mining the same in a pillar.

| |1915

Dec. 6 |BUDNAR, ANDY |Spragger |29 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Body injured by being caught between mine wagons and door that he attempted to open on heading. | | | | | | | | | | | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1916

Jan. 5 |VALINSKI, PAUL |Pick miner |44 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Back broken by fall of roof. He was starting a room neck and had loaded one wagon, and while cleaning the road for the second wagon a piece fell from the roof.

| |1916

Jan. 22 |FOUST, IRVIN |Spragger |26 |Married |American |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Hips squeezed. While putting sand on the track the motor lurched off the track and caught him against the rib.

| |1916

April 4 |HEZENTI, FRANK |Scraper |43 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Ankle fractured by fall of roof while scraping from a machine at face of heading.

| |1916

June 26 |PORICHA, ANDY |Pumpman |21 |Single |Austrian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Feet lacerated in attempting to get off a moving trip as it passed a pump along the main heading.

| |1916

July 10 |TAYLOR, JAMES |Motorman |29 |Married |Scotch |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Abdomen and breast injured. Caught between the motor and a center post on main heading while reaching from his motor to the men on the man-trip on the other track.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1916

Nov. 4 |OSTRAT, CHARLES |Pick miner |32 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Ankle sprained by a piece of draw slate falling on it. | |1916

Nov. 28 |MARTIN, MIKE |Spragger |30 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Compound fracture of leg. While uncoupling the wagons from a motor, another motor ran into them and he was caught.

| |1916

Dec. 8 |KOVAT, STEPHEN |Pick miner |33 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Collar bone broken by fall of coal at face of room while undermining.

| |1916

Dec. 27 |TALASKIE, FRANK |Trackman |19 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken. He jumped on a passing loaded trip and it was wrecked on the main heading.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1917

Jan. 9 |PATSKO, JOHN |Scraper |22 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Ankle lacerated by bit on cutter head of mining machine which skidded while unloading it from truck.

| |1917

Jan. 13 |FOUST, J. L. |Laborer |63 |Married |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Bone of foot broken by piece of timber falling on it while loading cross-bars. Outside.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

Jan. 19 |MIKLO, MIKE |Miner |32 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Back contused and sacrum fractured by fall of draw slate while repairing track.

| |1917

Feb. 9 |BALLO, DAN |Miner |37 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Hip broken by fall of top coal while loading car near face. | |1917

Feb. 10 |VARNER, HOWARD |Laborer |16 |Single |American |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Thigh broken. Caught between two empty cars that he was coupling on tipple. Outside.

| |1917

Feb. 14 |BARCI, STEVE |Miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of top coal while loading car. | |1917

Feb. 15 |POLIVAI, DOMINICK |Miner |33 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria

|Thigh broken by fall of slate while setting props. | |1917

Mar. 19 |NESTOR, SANDOR |Scraper |26 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg cut off below knee by bits of machine. He was taking the feed rope off sheave wheel when the cutter was in motion and his foot slipped and entered the opening of guard for extraction of slack.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

Mar. 23 |VERCONDA, GEORGE |Laborer |25 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Rib fractured. Caught between runaway cars that he was trying to sprag on hading and a projecting rock on car.

| |1917

Mar. 29 |LARKS, JOHN |Miner |21 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Body injured by fall of coal while making an undercut at face. | |1917

Mar. 31 |BUCCI, RALPH |Miner |23 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Femur fractured by fall of draw-slate while taking out rails in old works.

| |1917April 2 |LUCAS, GEORGE |Laborer |27 |Single |Rumanian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Small bone of leg fractured by collision of empty cars and motor. | |1917

April 2 |THOMAS, LAWRENCE |Miner |22 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 30 |Somerset |Hip, thigh and leg contused. Caught between cars and motor that was derailed by an improperly adjusted switch while trying to cut off the cars.

| |1917

April 13 |CAPTUR, PETER |Miner |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg fractured. Struck by rope attached to car which his partner started as he was on his way to the hoist.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

April 20 |DUMBROSKIE, PHELIX |Miner |26 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken. Struck by rear bumper of car that he was dropping down. The front end was derailed by a switch on heading.

| |1917

May 8 |TRONSTICK, FRANK |Miner |29 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Ankle fractured by fall of slate while cleaning up rock along the heading.

| |1917

May 11 |HENDERSON, JOHN |Cutter |26 |Married |American |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Hand partly cut off. His glove caught in chain of mining machine and his hand was drawn into sheave wheel.

| |1917

May 18 |RITZO, JOHN |Miner |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Eye injured. While operating an electric hoist the rope broke and the wire flew back and struck his eye.

| |1917

May 23 |HULICK, MIKE |Miner |45 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Hand lacerated by blast. When he went back to relight a shot that he had not given time to explode, the shot went off.

| |1917

May 31 |COMITA, CHARLES |Miner |36 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Ribs fractured. While loading coal a prop gave way and he was caught between draw-slate, car and prop. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

June 12 |STUDNESH, JAKE |Miner |47 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Arm broken and badly lacerated by fall of slate under which he was setting props.

| |1917

June 15 |REDENOSKEY, JOHN |Miner |48 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of draw-slate while on his knees loading a car of coal.

| |1917

June 23 |DALINGO, VALENTINE |Miner |44 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Scalp lacerated and shoulder and forearm injured by fall of coal while undermining at pillar face.

| |1917

July 6 |GASPER, JOHN |Motorman |23 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Foot lacerated and contused. He was knocked partly under a moving loaded trip by a runaway trip that ran into some empty wagons that he was passing.

| |1917

July 6 |THOMPSON, ALEX |Spragger |17 |Single |Scotch |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Arm fractured when he fell from the motor on which he was riding as he tried to change his hold from one hand to the other.

| |1917

July 29 |PAUL, PETER |Motorman |36 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Side contused. The motor derailed and struck the side of heading, throwing him against the controller box. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

July 31 |COLESAR, JOHN |Miner |34 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Collar bone broken. Struck by piece of coal that fell as he was digging from the pillar.

| |1917

Aug. 1 |FOSTER, STEVE |Spragger |18 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Finger lacerated between cars that he was coupling on heading. The motor pushed the cars back.

| |1917

Aug. 23 |NEMITS, JOE |Miner |20 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Chest crushed, ribs fractured and back and thigh contused by fall of draw-slate as he was passing on a parting on heading.

| |1917

Aug. 24 |COLDER, STEVE |Miner |31

|Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg fractured by fall of draw-slate as he left his working place for the man-trip.

| |1917

Aug. 28 |CONTRA, JAMES |Machine miner |36 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Scalp and shoulder lacerated by fall of rock while riding on man-trip on main heading.

| |1917

Sept. 17 |YANKANISH, MIKE |Trackman |19 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Hand injured. Caught between rail and motor frame while helping to put derailed motor on track.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

Sept. 19

|EVAN, GEORGE |Spragger |23 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Injured internally. Thrown out of car when empty trip on which he was riding derailed.

| |1917

Sept. 21 |MONTHOM-ERY, R. E. |Machine miner |34 |Married |American |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Leg injured . Struck by a piece of draw-slate which broke over the prop as he was taking it down in room work.

| |1917

Oct. 16 |WASHINSKY, WATSALY |Miner |40 |Married |Russian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg mangled and later amputated. He fell as he got off the man-trip on the heading and the sand car passed over his leg.

| |1917

Oct. 26 |SWATT, MIKE |Motorman |33 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Wrist fractured. Arm was caught between controller lever and roof while pushing a trip up a low heading.

| |1917

Nov. 12 |BUNDY, WILLIAM |Laborer |17 |Single |American |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Leg broken by car running over it. He fell off a moving empty car. Outside.

| |1917

Nov. 17

|MACOVEY, JOHN |Miner |45 |Married |Rumanian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Thigh and leg injured by fall of coal. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1917

Nov. 26 |PETROSKY, ANDY |Miner |45 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 37 West |Cambria |Clavicle fractured by fall of coal while lying down digging. | |1917

Dec. 17 |GRETS, JOHN |Miner |40 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Fibula fractured by fall of coal from rib. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1918

Jan. 2 |FADONIVICH, LASLO |Pick miner |35 |Married |Russian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg, hip and ribs broken by fall of rock while digging coal at the heading stump in pillar workings.

| |1918

Jan. 11 |CAPTUR, PETER |Pick miner |25 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg broken. An empty car that he was pushing moved backwards as his foot slipped and the wheel ran over his leg.

| |1918

Jan. 15 |WARD, P. F. |Motorman |40 |Single |American |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Ribs fractured. He was taking two carloads of brick into the mine and ran into trip of empty cars standing on the heading.

| |1918

Jan. 15 |LEGAR, JR., MIKE |Motor-man’s assistant |21 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Contusion of groin. Caught between a prop and a car that was being pulled from the switch.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1918

Jan. 15 |PREBELLA, ANDY |Machine runner |27 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Finger lacerated and later amputated. His hand was caught in a sprocket while loading mining machine onto a truck.

| |1918

Jan. 24 |SABO, CHARLES |Machine miner

|33 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 Upper |Cambria |Leg fractured by fall of coal while digging at face of room. | |1918

Jan. 28 |CROCTON, JOE |Pick miner |29 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Thumb fractured and hand injured by fall of coal. He was undermining and cut into a slip.

| |1918

Feb. 1 |TAGG, JOHN O. |Rockman |50 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of rock on the heading where he was placing some timbers.

| |1918

Feb. 27 |OBITSU, THOMAS |Scraper |28 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Spine injured by fall of slate as he was preparing to get into the cross-cut.

| |1918

Feb. 28 |BALASKO, JOHN |Pick miner |44 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg fractured by fall of draw-slate while loading wagon. | |1918

Mar. 2 |KOWASH, STEVE |Trackman |40 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg broken when caught between bumpers of cars that he was shifting.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1918

Mar. 6 |BORDIS, GEORGE |Pick miner |27 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Hip dislocated by fall of coal while loading rock. | |1918

Mar. 11 |TUSOI, JOHN |Pick miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Leg fractured by fall of draw-slate while mining coal in pillar workings.

| |1918

Mar. 22 |RAGULA, FRANK |Pick miner |34 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 37 West Drift |Cambria |Collar bone broken and chest injured. Struck by a large piece of coal that broke over the sprag while he was digging at face.

| |1918

April 6 |REIST, STEVE |Pick miner |24 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 42 |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of coal while preparing to drill a hole in some coal that he had undermined.

| |1918

April 26 |PULIAM, JAMES |Pick miner |33 |Married |Italian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Lower end of radius fractured. His arm was caught between the roof and top of a car that he was lifting onto track.

| |1918

May 2 |LABO, STEVE |Machine miner |41 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Compound fracture of leg. Caught between cars that had run down the heading.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1918

May 4 |RICCIO, NELLO |Motorman |20 |Single |Italian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Eye injured by a projecting piece of rock on some wagons that he was sprigging. Outside.

| |1918

May 10 |PRUCKNIC, PAUL |Machine miner |40 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Bones of foot fractured by fall of coal from face while he was loading car. | |1918

May 11 |KONGHA, STEVE |Pick miner |25 |Single |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken by fall of coal in pillar workings. | |1918

May 14 |CAPERSON, ADAM |Machine miner |46 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 31 |Somerset |Chest crushed by fall of draw-slate in pillar workings as he was pushing a car to face.

| |1918

June 20 |MAGISH, CHARLES |Pick miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Scalp, ear, and face lacerated and shoulder and arms contused. Caught by fall of coal while mining on his knees.

| |1918

June 24 |HORTUS, ANTON |Pick miner |38 |Married |German |Eureka No. 37 West Drift |Cambria |Leg broken by fall of coal from face while mining. | |1918

June 24 |HOLSOPPLE, RAY |Motor-man’s assistant |18 |Single |American |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Compound fracture of leg and fracture of ankle. Caught between car and rib. He was riding on front car of trip and the car derailed at switch. | |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1918

July 3 |SMITY, EMANUEL |Motor-man’s assistant |27 |Married |Belgian |Eureka No. 39 |Somerset |Foot crushed between cars. He was riding on front end of trip that collided with another trip on heading.

| |1918

July 29 |KOACH, STEVE |Pick miner |28 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 37 |Cambria |Leg fractured by fall of draw-slate while cleaning coal.

| |1918

Aug. 14 |WARGO, GEORGE |Pick miner |39 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Finger fractured by fall of slate as he was dropping wagon from room.

| |1918

Sept. 12

|ONOT, JOE |Pick miner |38 |Married |Polish |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Leg fractured by fall of coal while loading wagon. | |1918

Sept. 24 |GOHORO, JOW |Motor-man’s assistant |17 |Single |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Leg broken and otherwise injured by being struck by motor. He was riding on last car of trip when a runaway motor ran into it.

| |1918

Oct. 1 |PASTER, MIKE |Pick miner |38 |Married |Hungarian |Eureka No. 35 |Somerset |Leg and collar bone broken by fall of draw-slate and coal while undermining.

| |Date |Name of Person |Occupa-tion |Age |Marital

Status |Nationality |Name of Colliery |County |Nature and Cause of Accident

in Brief

| |1918

Oct. 21 |TOROSICK, JOHN |Pick miner |42 |Married |Austrian |Eureka No. 40 |Cambria |Foot fractured by fall of a piece of rock while he was cleaning up a place to start working.

| |1918

Nov. 9 |FELESKEY, JOHN |Pick miner |35 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 42 |Somerset |Back injured by fall of rock while shoveling coal. | |1918

Nov. 22 |WASHKO, MIKE |Machine miner |42 |Married |Slavonian |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset

|Hand injured. Caught between a prop and a car that derailed as he was uncoupling it.

| |1918Dec. 7 |FLORIS, WILLIAM |Pick miner |39 |Single |Polish |Eureka No. 36 |Somerset |Jaw fractured by fall of roof as he was lying on his side undercutting. | |

SOURCES: Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Mines, Report of the Bureau of Mines of Pennsylvania, annual reports, 1897-1902 (Harrisburg: State Printer, 1898-1903); and Pennsylvania Department of Mines, Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, annual reports, 1903-1918 (Harrisburg: State Printer, 1904-1919).

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