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Magnum Strips: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Magnum Minerals Inc · Surface
Branchton, Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601087

MSHA record for Magnum Strips (mine ID 3601087). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Lucas Coal Company 1950 to 1977
  2. Lucas Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  3. Magnum Minerals Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Magnum Strips sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 17, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Magnum Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN A GLACIAL HIGH MOISTURE MATERIAL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIGHWALLS SLUFFING OFF OCCASIONALLY DURING RAIN SEASONS, WHICH IS WHAT OCCURRED THEDAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SUPREVISOR INSPE CTS THE HIGHWALL DAILY AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM THAT DAY. THE HIGHWALL SLID IN ON RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH COAL. WHEN THE MATERIAL HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF T

1983 · 1 incident

July 19, 1983 PA · Coal welder (shop) FIRE
Magnum Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF SWING GRINDER. ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING ON TOP OF SWING GRINDER. HIS SPARKS STARTED A SMALL GRASS & OIL FIRE BENETH THE GRINDER. THE FIRE INCREASED RAPIDLY. DAN CRAWLED OUT OF THE GRINDER THROUGH THE FIRE & WAS BURNED.