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Myers' Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Buterbaugh Arthur J
Clymer, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605999

Myers' Strip has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. A & T Coal Company Inc 1976 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)
1988 3 1,310
1987 8 28,929
1986 7 36,271
1985 8 43,825
1984 10 28,926
1983 35 73,614
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Myers' Strip sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

June 8, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & T Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS OPERATING S7RAPER,CHECKING OIL, LOST FOOTING AND FELL.

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1986 · 1 incident

February 18, 1986 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & T Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WEATHER WAS3REAL RAINY AND MORE DAMP AND HOSES WERE NEEDED. I.NAME WAS HELPING AND A SUCTION BECAME CLOGGED. HE WAS TRYING TO PULL IT OUT AND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING WHICH MADE HIM STRAIN3HIMSELF