Mining Incidents

Firestone Strips: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Firestone Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Coleman Ronald
White, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606682

MSHA record for Firestone Strips (mine ID 3606682). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Firestone Coal Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Firestone Strips sits in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Population 126,967
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,093
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

August 9, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Firestone Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEAMING OFF A HIGHLIFT WITH A STEAM JENNY AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE HIGHLIFT FRWRIST

July 22, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Firestone Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HOOK UP HOSE TO WATER PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A ROCK AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE FLYWHEEL ON THE PUMP EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION IN LEFT KNEE AND HAD TO GET STITCHE