Mining Incidents

Mathews Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Concorde Corp · Underground
Controlled by James L Laurita
Taylortown, Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607080

Mathews Mine has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. Concorde Corp 1981 to present
  2. J A L Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  3. Crystal Mining Corp 1984 to 1986
  4. Red Bone Mining Company 1986 to 1993
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)
1994 1
1993 7 40,364
1992 9 80,071
1991 9 84,566
1990 9 111,560
1989 11 104,863
1988 15 123,728
1987 11 86,746
1986 6 39,758
1985 2 11,638
1984 7 11,387
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mathews Mine sits in Greene County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 5.2% 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.
Greene County, Pennsylvania · Population 35,265
5.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,870
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL UNLOADING FROM SCOOP BUCKET WHILE LIFTING A PALLET. ALSO TWISTED BODY AND THAT IS WHEN EMPL FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1991 · 1 incident

June 13, 1991 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Red Bone Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE SLACK WITH A SHUTTLE CAR. HE USED A 3' DRILL STGEEL TO SECURE A PULL ROPE TO HIS SAFETY CANOPY. SUPPORT LEG. DRILL STEEL CAME LOSOE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 15, 1990 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Red Bone Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 50' LONG 12' WIDE AND 5 TO 6' THICK.FALL WAS CAUSED BY HEAVILY JOINTED ROOF THAT WAS POORLY FORMED.NO INJURIES.NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 19, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Red Bone Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS RUNNING OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR TOWARD FEEDER FROM FACE WHEN SHUTTLE CAR HIT A RUT AND BUGGY SLID INTO RIB HIS L ELBOW HIT THE RIBB BETWEEN BUGGY FRAME AND COAL RIB HIS L ARM WAS SWOLLEN NOT BROKE

July 12, 1988 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS HELPING SET POSTS DURING PILAR OERATION. WHILE CARYING A POST 5" IN DIAMETER HE SLIPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIM SELF RESULTING IN TWISTING HIS BACK.

February 9, 1988 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Red Bone Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

MINER CUTTING COAL IN #6 FACE 2ND BUGGY ON B-RUN A LITTLE ROCK FELL AND 5 SECONDS LATER IT FELL 16 FT WIDE 14FT - 16 FT LONG 6 FT - 10 FT HIGH A CRACK WAS NEAR THE FACE THE PLACE WAS BOLTED A TEST HOLE WAS DRILLED NO INJURIES CONT. MINER WAS COVERED AND HAD TO BE PULLED OUT NO DAMAGE TO MACHINE OR PERSONS

January 6, 1988 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING WHEEL 6NIT ON SHUTTLE CAR, WHILE TAKING THE ONE UNIT OFF IT FELL OFF AS WE WERE TRYING TO REMOVE IT. THE MAN HAD HIS FINGER UNDER IT

1985 · 1 incident

February 24, 1985 PA · Coal FIRE
Crystal Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THE REMAINS OF A NONINJURY MINE FIRE WERE DISCOVERED BY TRUCK DRIVER, ON THE SURFACE OF CRYSTAL MINING CORP.\S CRYSTAL MINE. INVOLVED IN THE FIRE WAS A PORTION OF THE NO.1 UNDERGROUND BELT CON VEYOR AND A MOBILE BELT CONVEYOR STACKER. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE FLAMES, HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME HOT SPOTS ON A COAL STOCK PILE AND A NEARBY SPOIL PILE THAT WERE COOLED BY APPLYING WATER. THE

1984 · 1 incident

February 23, 1984 PA · Coal FIRE
J A L Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FIRE STARTED ON OUTSIDE STACKER BELT & BELT DRIVE ARSON HIGHLY SUSPECTED