Mining Incidents

North Mountain Slope: 3 reportable incidents Coal

North Mountain Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Robert E Shuey
Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3605873

MSHA record for North Mountain Slope (mine ID 3605873). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. North Mountain Coal Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

North Mountain Slope sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

March 19, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Mountain Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GRABBING HOLD OF PIECE OF SHEET IRON WHILE TRIPPING AND FALLING.

1984 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
North Mountain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME AND I NAME LABORERS WERE CUTTING SOME FORE POLE TIMBERS ON S URFACE PREVIOUS NITE PRESENTED ICY CONDITIONS AND ONE TREE FELL AGAINST ANOTHER AND FELL ON I NAME SEVERELY FRACTURED HIS L LEFT ARM REQUIRING IMMEDIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT

October 11, 1984 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Mountain Coal Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

WORKING CROSSING PIULLARS 80 YRS OLD IMMINENT DANGER NO SUPPORT RUNNIGN PILLARS TRYING TO MAINTAIN MONKEY SAFEWAY WHEN PILLAR RAN AND COVERED ME WHILE TAKING PROP MEASUREMENT OWNER I N AME W WAS NOTIFIED SAME EVENING