EMPLOYEE (LOADER OPERATOR) WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE SCALE HOUSE @ 8:15 A.M. SUFFERING FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. AND AUTOPSY IS BEING PERFORMED. (AUTOPSY REPORT- HEART ATTACK).
Sandy Valley Loading Facility: 4 reportable incidents Coal
Falls Creek Energy Company Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Tammy L Kijowski; Frank S Schall
MSHA Mine ID: 3606935
Sandy Valley Loading Facility has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1984.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–1993
- Latest incident
- Oct 1993
Ownership history
- D S B Company 1980 to 1994
- Falls Creek Energy Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1983 | 6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Sandy Valley Loading Facility sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1993 · 1 incident
October 19, 1993
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
OTHER
D S B Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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1989 · 1 incident
September 18, 1989
PA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D S B Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LARGE LUMPS OF COAL WERE BRIDGED ABOVE CRUSHER ROLLS IN CHUTE. OPERATOR TRYED TO BREAK THEM WITH TAMPING BAR. BAR WENT BETWEEN LUMPS, STRUCK CRUSHER ROLL, AND KICKED BACK SRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD NEAR LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED A 1/2" CUT CORNER OF EYE AND BRUISE.
1986 · 1 incident
D S B Company · Fall from machine
SLIPPED AND FEL5 WHILE DESCENDING FROM FRONT END LOADER
1984 · 1 incident
D S B Company · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE HOPPER DOORS ON RAILROAD CAR USING A PRY BAR