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Armstrong Strips: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Stanford Energy
Redbank Twp., Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607420

Armstrong Strips 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
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1983 to 1983
  2. Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1983 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)
1991 0
1990 3 21,816
1989 5 47,999
1988 7 49,714
1987 5 51,123
1986 6 45,370
1985 10 111,270
1984 14 111,448
1983 9 86,260
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Armstrong Strips sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
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

November 20, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

CLEANING DITCH ALONG ROAD WAY. EMPLOYEE USING CAT HIGHLIFT. MACHINE RAN UP OVER BEAM LEANED OVER FAR ENOGH TO LAY OVER ON ITS SIDE.