Mining Incidents

Silver Creek Strip: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by David Job Suender
Kaska, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604854

Silver Creek Strip has had no fatalities among 10 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
5
inspections on record
20
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 20 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Faust Trucking Company 1950 to 1973
  2. Gale Coal Company Inc 1973 to present
  3. Atlantic Mining & Resources Company Inc 1989 to 1990
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)
2005 0
2000 0
1999 1 740
1998 8 33,217
1997 9 42,511
1996 7 30,051
1995 6 17,821
1994 4 31,086
1993 4 23,707
1992 4 28,361
1991 3 22,363
1990 3 19,670
1989 5 21,289
1988 1 404
1987 4 3,215
1986 8 16,398
1985 8 17,426
1984 11 18,998
1983 10 34,372
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Silver Creek Strip 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1996 · 1 incident

July 2, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WIRE ROPE SPOOL BEING LOADED ONTO CRADLE FOR UNSPOOLING. FELL AND ROLLED OVER MAN'S FOOT. STEEL TOE ON BOOT ABSORBED IMPACT BUT BROKE THREE TOES.

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1992 · 1 incident

June 2, 1992 PA · Coal FIRE
Gale Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FOLLOWING WELDING WORK DONE ON A BLAST HOLE DRILL RIB, A FIRE ERUPTED DESTROYING THE RIG. NO ONE WAS INJURED. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM THE RIG WERE USED AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO ASSISTED IN QUELLING THE FIRE.

1986 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING35 GAL BUCKET OF GREASE ONTO TRACKS OF DRAGLINE WHEN HE WRENCHED HIS BACK

May 19, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE 7HANGING TRACKS ON FIAT ALLIS HD-31 THE COME-ALONG THAT WAS USED TO PULL THE ROLLER IN PLACE BROKE AND THE ROLLER FELL ON THE FOREARM

1985 · 1 incident

December 9, 1985 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS REPAIRI3G CUTTING EDGE ON DOZER WHEN HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE BLADE

1984 · 2 incidents

September 13, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING WELD ON DRAGLINE BUCKET. WHILE WORKING IN A CROUCHED POSITION THE GRINDER SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT LEG.

May 4, 1984 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING NEW TEETH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW UPWARD AND LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

1983 · 3 incidents

June 15, 1983 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BOOM CABLE ON A DRAGLINE WHEN THE CABLE SNAPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.

June 3, 1983 PA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gale Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING CONDITION OF RECENTLY PURCHASED PUMP HE WS LOOSENING A NUT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGERS

April 29, 1983 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A SPREADER BAR FROM THE SHOVEL BUCKET WHEN HE SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.