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Shero Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Gard Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stossel Richard R
Carrolltown, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606969

Shero Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Gard Mining Inc 1980 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)
1994 0
1993 1
1992 1
1991 2
1990 4 5,873
1989 7 43,872
1988 7 35,203
1987 9 46,704
1986 10 70,435
1985 12 63,539
1984 9 100,570
1983 11 51,895
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Shero Strip sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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

1989 · 1 incident

September 28, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gard Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS USNING A HAND SHOVEL PITTING COAL WORK INVOLVES SHOVELING COAL ROCK INTO THE LOADER BUCKET WHICH REQUIRES BENDING TURNING AND TWISTING TO THROW THE COAL INTO THE BUCKET EMPL STATES TH AT HE CANNOT SHOVEL BY BENDING HIS KNEES AND KEEPING HIS BACK STRAIGHT