Mining Incidents

J-43 Strip Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Harleigh, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601735

MSHA record for J-43 Strip Mine (mine ID 3601735). 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
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

J-43 Strip Mine sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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

1983 · 1 incident