Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)
EE WAS WELDING ALONG SIDE ANOTHER WELDER ARC WELDER RECEIVED WELDER FLASH TO BOTH EYES.
Eagle Strips: 4 reportable incidents Coal
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company
· Facility
Controlled by
Stanford Energy
Dora,
Jefferson County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602948
MSHA record for Eagle Strips (mine ID 3602948). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983–1999
- Latest incident
- Feb 1999
Ownership history
- Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1950 to 1976
- Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1976 to 1983
- Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Eagle Strips sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
4 on file1999 · 1 incident
1998 · 1 incident
April 22, 1998
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Fall from machine
WHILE LOOSENIGN BOLTS, THE WRENCH SLIPPED. EE FELL TO THE GROUND ABOUT 2-3' TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.
1997 · 1 incident
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck by flying object
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A CUTTING TORCH WHEN A PIECE OF SLAGG FLEW UNDER HIS GLASSES AND STUCK IN HIS EYE.
1983 · 1 incident
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
INDIVIDUAL WAS STAND BELOW SPOIL AS HILIFT DUMPED BUCKET LOAD OF OVERBURDEN. A PIECE OF ROCK FRAGMENTED FROM LARGER ONE. FRAGMENTED PIECE ROLLED DOWN SLOPE PROPERTY OWNER. INDIVIDUAL SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES CRUSHED PELVIS & HIP.