Mining Incidents

Lone Pine Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Nancy L Lindenmuth
Blythe Twp-Middleport, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607940

Lone Pine Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. White Pine Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1995 3 4,039
1994 4 17,408
1993 4 17,858
1992 4 16,011
1991 4 23,290
1990 4 17,494
1989 4 15,799
1988 4 16,032
1987 3 749
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lone Pine Mine sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 1 incident

April 1, 1993 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
White Pine Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE WAS HAVING PAIN DOWN HIS ARM AND LACK OF POWER IN HIS ARM. DOCTOR DOES NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW ANYTHING HAPPENED. HE OPERATED ON HIS UPPER NECK AND DISCOVERED A FLOATING DISC AND A BROKE N ONE.

1992 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

September 14, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
White Pine Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BASED ON DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS, WE ASSUME I.NAME WAS OPERATING THE DOZER IN REVERSE.WHILE BACKING HE WAS TURNED IN THE SEAT TO SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING AND EITHER BACKED OVER THE ROLL OF SPOIL OR A STONE WHICH CAUSED THE MACHINE TO JAR THE OPERATOR. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT, SAW A DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF BED ON MONDAY.

1989 · 1 incident

September 1, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Pine Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER TO HIS PICK UP TRUCK TO GO HOME, AND OVRTURNED HIS ANKLE.