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1 1/2 Vein Slope: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Ash Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Kocher Richard D
Keffers, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607414

MSHA record for 1 1/2 Vein Slope (mine ID 3607414). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Ash Coal Company 1983 to 1985
  2. Ash Coal Company 1985 to 1989
  3. Ash Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

1 1/2 Vein Slope sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 8, 1986 PA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ash Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CUT OF COAL FIR9D WHICH DISLODGED SOME TIMBER.AT THAT TIME HE PROCEEDED TO WASH COAL FROM FACE WHEN ROOF COLLAPSED.MINER CLEANING UP TO REINSTALL TIMBER.