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Alaska Strip: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Dimeling William R
Kulpmont, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607265

Alaska Strip has had 1 fatality among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Great Eastern Coal Corp 1982 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)
1986 1 695
1985 8 11,149
1984 10 12,200
1983 9 4,483
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Alaska Strip sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 3, 1985 PA · Coal security guard, watchman Fatality · OTHER
Great Eastern Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AS A WATCHMAN HE WAS ON DUTY NO OTHER FACTS AVAILABLE AT TIME OF DEATH UNTIL REPORT MADE BY CORNER INDIVIDUAL WAS IN OWN TRUCK WITH WINDOWS CLOSED A PROPANE GAS HEATER WAS ALSO IN TRUCK DEATH RESULTED FROM ASPHYXIATION DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISIONING

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1983 · 1 incident

August 23, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Great Eastern Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIP ROPE ON SHOVEL BROKE WHILE EMP WAS HELPING TO PULL THE ROPE OUT ROPE CAME OUT VERY FAST AND HIT EMP ON FACE RESULT WAS LACERATION OF UPPER LIP AND TEETH REQUIRING STITCHES