Mining Incidents

D W L Surface Mines: 1 reportable incident Coal

D W L Coal Company · Surface
Concord Twp., Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607383

MSHA record for D W L Surface Mines (mine ID 3607383). 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
1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. D W L Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

D W L Surface Mines sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
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

1992 · 1 incident

December 23, 1992 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D W L Coal Company · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN FROM ENGINE OF D11 TO LEFT TRACK SLIPPED & TWISTED ANKLE