Mining Incidents

C & K Strips: 5 reportable incidents Coal

C & K Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Gulf Usa Corp
Corsica, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602781

MSHA record for C & K Strips (mine ID 3602781). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at C & K Strips.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. C & K Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

C & K Strips sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 26, 1985 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE NOTICED WATER & STEAM COMING FROM RADIATOR CAP HE STOPPED THE MACHINE & WENT ON HOOD OF MACHINE PLACED HIS RT FOOT ON R ADIATOR CAP IN AN EFFORT TO TIGHTEN CAP WHEN HE LIFTED HIS FOOT OFF THE CAP THE CAP BLEW SCALDING THE EMPLOYEE

1984 · 3 incidents

December 7, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & K Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND MICHIGAN MODEL 475 SERIAL #483B112CAC WHICH HE WASA REPAIRING TO START AIR COMPRESSORON HIS SERVICE TRUCK CUSTOMERS OPERATOR WHO WAS STANDING ON TIRE OF LOADER DROP PED A 1-7/8IN DRIVE SOCKET ON EMPLOYEES HEAD

November 19, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING ON THE FINAL DRIVE ON D455A KOMATSU TRACTOR TIGHTENING BOLT WITH 1IN AIR GUN EMPLOYEE BUMPED RT ARM ON UNDERSIDE OF DOZER

March 23, 1984 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE TRACK ROLLERS ON A BULLDOZER AS HE WAS ROLLING ONE OF THE ROLLERS HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA

1983 · 1 incident

December 2, 1983 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING A DRAGLINE DUMP CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A CABLE WICKER PUNCTURED HID LEFT THUMB.