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Stolicta Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Kuzemchak Fred
Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608673

Stolicta Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Ownership history
  1. Fred Kuzemchak Mining 1994 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)
1999 0
1998 0
1997 0
1996 2 2,368
1995 3 34,585
1994 3 15,301
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Stolicta Mine sits in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · Population 353,345
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
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

1996 · 1 incident

June 4, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fred Kuzemchak Mining · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

OPERATOR WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE CAB OF THE DOZER MAKING SOME REPAIRS, WHEN DIRT CAVED IN ON THE MACHINE PUSHING EMP INTO THE MACHINE CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS FOREHEAD AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.

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1995 · 1 incident

January 27, 1995 PA · Coal auger helper POWERED HAULAGE
Fred Kuzemchak Mining · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL OUT OF BOTTOM ROLLER ON CONVEYOR SO HE COULD GREASE THE ROLLER BEARING. WHILE DOING THIS EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND STUCK IN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND SMASHED HIS HAND.