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Morea/New Boston And Skytop: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Morea, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608035

Morea/New Boston And Skytop has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 0
1990 4
1989 14
1988 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Morea/New Boston And Skytop 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 11, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER CLAIMS WHILE DRIVING OFF ROAD MACK WITH A LOAD OF ASHES, HE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND WENT INTO BERM ON HAUL ROAD.