Source:
Annual Report (years 1897 through 1902) of the Bureau of Mines, State of Pennsylvania Library Call No. TN805.04 A29
page 232

4th Anthracite District, 1902Jan24, Joseph Jacoboskie, nationality Polish, occupation miner, age 43, married, Buttonwood colliery, Luzerne county, leg mashed by a fall of rock; amputated in the City Hospital

Source: The Microfilm specifications of the
Pennsylvania State Archives Record Group RG-45
Records Of The DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES
Office of the Secretary of Mines and Mineral Industries

Pennsylvania Registers of Mine Accidents, Anthracite, 1899-1972 . (7 microfilm rolls)

Card No./ Mine Name / Operator / Year / Month / Day / Surname / First and Middle Name / Age / Fatal, Nonfatal / Inside, Outside / Occupation / Nationality or Country of Birth / Citizen, Alien / Single, Married / Widower / No. Children under 16 years (under 18 years 1959 & later) / Years of experience in mines / Years experience in occupation engaged when injured (ir = irregular) / Accident Cause or Remarks (d. = died) / Fault or Responsibility: Officials, Official & Victim, Victim (carelessness on the part of the injured), Miner, Others (carelessness on the part of others), Equipment, Unavoidable, Accidental / County / Page No. / Mining District / Pennsylvania State Archives Film No. / Anthracite, Bituminous

23 Buttonwood 1902 1 24 Jacoboskie Joseph 43 nonfatal inside miner Polish citizen fall of roof unavoidable 79 4th 3586 anthracite

This is all the information that I have on this accident.

Below is the related data that I found for eastern Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1869-1972:

Date of Accident / Name of Person / Age / Name of Mine (Town) / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Page & Reference Source / County

1909DEC9 JACOBOUSKI, ANDREW 54 CRANBERRY F 363 60a Luzerne

Year/Month/Day/ Surname / First Middle Name / Age / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Nationality / County

1910 12 13 Jacoboski Joseph 32 nonfatal Polish
1899 12 22 Jacobskie Casper 25 fatal Polish
1902 12 18 Jacofskie Anthony 43 nonfatal Polish
1921 9 19 Jacoboskie Mike 37 nonfatal Polish
1924 6 6 Jacoboski Lewis 26 fatal American Luzerne
1931 5 20 Jacobowski Joe 48 nonfatal Polish Luzerne

If any of the above are of interest to you, get back with me. I do have a little more information about these specific accidents.

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia”