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Buck Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Kovalchick Peter
Centralia, Columbia County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607686

MSHA record for Buck Strip (mine ID 3607686). 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
1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
8
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: 8 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. K & M Coal Company 1985 to 1986
  2. Peter Kovalchick Enterprises Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buck Strip 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

1993 · 1 incident

May 5, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peter Kovalchick Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO INSERT PIN IN TOOTH ON 4600 DRAGLINE BUCKET AND TWISTED KNEE IN THE PROCESS OF SWINGING HAMMER.