Mining Incidents

Lewisville Recovery Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Kent, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607019

MSHA record for Lewisville Recovery Plant (mine ID 3607019). 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
1989–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Kent Coal Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lewisville Recovery Plant sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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

1991 · 1 incident

June 16, 1991 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Kent Coal Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING TO CHECK PUMPS EE HIT A BUMP AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

October 23, 1989 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON FROSTY GROUND, FALLING AND SPRAINING LOWER BACK.