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Banning Site: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Tamaqua Anthracite Company · Facility
Controlled by Shear Hal B & Richard B Shepperson
R.D.3 Route 309 Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607479

Banning Site has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. J E Z Inc 1983 to 1985
  2. Tamaqua Anthracite Company 1985 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)
1987 0
1986 8 6,470
1985 10 24,443
1984 18 21,071
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Banning Site 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

5 on file

1984 · 5 incidents

October 18, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
J E Z Inc · Struck against stationary object

MAN WAS WALKING PAST PICK UP TGRUCK AND WALKED INTO SIDE PIN ON TAILGATE CUT HIM

September 11, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J E Z Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS DRIVING IN WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND MISSED WEDGE HIT TOE

June 11, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J E Z Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING ON SIEVE BOX WITH A METAL BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED & STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

April 7, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
J E Z Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK AND WAS STRICKEN ILL, OTHER EMPLOYEE ADMINISTERED FIRST AID, SUMMOND DR AND AMBULANCE THE DR PRONOUNCED EMPLOYUCK AND WAS STRICKEN ILL, OTHER EMPLOYEE ADMIN LOYEE DEAD

January 28, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J E Z Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CARRYING OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM OUTSIDE OF PREP PLANT TO INSIDE OF PLANT