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No 7 Vein Slope: 2 reportable incidents Coal

D G W Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Oscar Blough Jr
Joliett, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607093

MSHA record for No 7 Vein Slope (mine ID 3607093). 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
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. R C & R Coal Company 1981 to 1985
  2. D G W Coal Company 1985 to 1991
  3. D G W Coal Company 1991 to 1994
  4. D G W Coal Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 Vein Slope 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

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D G W Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

GUNBOAT DERAILED APPROX. 300 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SLOPE. TWO MINERS CLIMBED THE SLOPE TO REINSTALL THE GUNBOAT ON THE SLOPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL THE GUNBOAT THE ENGINEER SA ID HE RECEIVED THE SIGNAL TO PULL THE WAGON UP. WHEN HE PULL THE GUNBOAT THE TWO MINERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN. EACH MINER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG.

May 19, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D G W Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

GUNBOAT DERAILED APPROX. 300' FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SLOPE. TWO MINERS CLIMBED THE SLOPE TO RE-INSTALL THE GUNBOAT ON THE TRACK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-INSTALL THE GUNBOAT, THE ENGINEER SAID HE RECEIVED THE SIGNAL TO PULL THE WAGON UP. WHEN HE PULLED THE GUNBOAT, THE TRWO MINERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN, EACH MINER RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG.