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L T Contracting Inc: 1 recorded fatality Coal

L T Contracting Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thompson Leonard
West Decatur, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607570

MSHA record for L T Contracting Inc (mine ID 3607570). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. L T Contracting Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

L T Contracting Inc sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 13, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
L T Contracting Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ENGAGED BUCKET HOIST THEN LEFT CONTROLS TO CHECK ON OIL LEAK.BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN MOVING HOIST CYLINDER AND MACHINE CAUSING ASPHYXIATION.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 1 incident

January 13, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
L T Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP EUCLID ROCK TRUCK BACKED OFF OF EDGE OF ROAD-TRUCK ROLLED ON RIGHT SIDE.

1987 · 1 incident

March 20, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L T Contracting Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING STEAM GEN3Y(PORTABLE WATER CLEANING MACHINE)TO CLEAN LOADER.