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Honey Slope: 1 reportable incident Coal

Scheib Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Scheib Gary
Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3605827

Honey Slope has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Wolfe Coal Company 1975 to 1981
  2. Honey Coal Company 1981 to 1981
  3. Scheib Coal Company 1981 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)
1985 3 1,464
1984 4 7,785
1983 3 5,670
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Honey 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 31, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Scheib Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND CONVEYOR BROKE FRACTURED THREE FINGERS