Mining Incidents

Skidmore Slope Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Ronald Bush Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Bush Ronald
Goodspring, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3601956

Skidmore Slope Mine has had no fatalities among 8 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Bush Coal Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Ronald Bush Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1991 0
1990 6 14,011
1989 10 21,382
1988 11 27,559
1987 15 25,142
1986 20 44,388
1985 24 47,241
1984 26 49,282
1983 28 38,094
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Skidmore Slope Mine 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

April 4, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS MOVING 2" WATER LINE IN CHUTE & SLIPPED & FELL BRUISING RIBS.

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1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING AIR PIPE APART AND CLAMP CUT TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

1986 · 2 incidents

January 13, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR9SSING OFF FACE OF NO 19 BREAST WHEN COAL BUMPED LOOSE FROM FACE & A PIECE OF COAL LACERATED HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING A FEW STITCHES

1985 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PL5NKING RIB AND SMALL PIECE OF COAL CUT HI, WHILE HE WAS PUTTING PLANK BETWEEN MINE PROPS.

November 12, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL HANGING AI9 TUBING AND GOT HAND BETWEEN AIR PIPE AND MINE PROP AND GOT LACERATION OF 3RD FINGER LEFT HAND.

February 14, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ronald Bush Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL CARRYING TIMBER UP CHUTE WITH I.NAME WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WITH TIMBER AND INJ RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.