Mining Incidents

Buck Slope: 1 reportable incident Coal

Post Coal Company · Underground
Locust Dale, Columbia County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3605022

MSHA record for Buck Slope (mine ID 3605022). 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
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Zakrewsky Coal Company Inc 1974 to 1985
  2. Post Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buck Slope sits in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,055
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,992
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

1983 · 1 incident

March 9, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Zakrewsky Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS DRILLING FACE OF COAL WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE FACE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT EYEBROW CAUSING A LACERATION.