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Lykens #6 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Kintzel Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Kintzel Stephen
Lincoln, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3601886

Lykens #6 Mine has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Kintzel Coal Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Kintzel Coal Company 1988 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)
1997 3 1,226
1996 5 3,512
1995 5 6,203
1994 6 5,435
1993 7 5,978
1992 7 6,401
1991 6 5,775
1990 7 6,026
1989 7 7,153
1988 4 2,636
1987 4 3,887
1986 4 3,534
1985 4 2,752
1984 4 3,110
1983 4 2,317
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lykens #6 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 21, 1985 PA · Coal superintendent Fatality · INUNDATION
Kintzel Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

UNCHARTED WORKINGS WHICH WERE FLOODED WITH WATER BROKE INTO #12 CHUTE THIS CARRIED ITS VICTIM APPROX 250 FT DOWN THE CHUTEB WITH MINE TIMBER ROCKS COAL AND DEBRIS VERY MUCH FORCE THEN IT WASH ED HIM APPROX 100 FT OUT THE GANGWAY TO WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND THE GANGWAY HAD APPROX 120 ONS TO COAL ROCK ETC WASHED INTO IT