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No 1 Slope: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mountain Coal Company Inc · Underground
West Wyoming, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3602524

No 1 Slope has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Slope sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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

1984 · 1 incident

March 30, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAUDE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF A WINCH. THE CABLE SLIPPED FREE & STRUCK HIM ON THE CHEEK RESULTING IN A CUT TO HIS CHEEK.