Mining Incidents

Buck Mtn Slope Coal

Controlled by Graver Lewis
Newtown, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3601962

MSHA record for Buck Mtn Slope (mine ID 3601962). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
166
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 27, 1987 PA · Coal HOISTING
Buck Mountain Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHEN HOISTING, 5OADED CARS DERAILED WHILE CHECKING THE CARS HE NOTICED HOISTED ROPE WAS DAMAGED. THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE HOIST ROPE WITH NEW HOIST ROPE.

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