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Phillips Site: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Vansickle Coal · Facility
Controlled by Vansickle Phillip
Phillips, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608432

Phillips Site has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1997.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
2
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 2 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Australian Recovery Technology U S Inc 1950 to 1994
  2. Global Coal Phillips Inc 1994 to 1997
  3. Vansickle Coal 1997 to present
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)
1999 0
1998 0
1997 7 24,055
1994 3
1993 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Phillips Site sits in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Population 126,967
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,093
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

1997 · 2 incidents

July 2, 1997 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Vansickle Coal · Flash burns (electric)

A WESTINGHOUSE BROKER WHEN HIT RESET BROKER WIREBLEW OUT THE WIRE ARC AND BLOW OUT FUSES.

June 10, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vansickle Coal · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE RAN HIS HAND ALONG A PIECE OF STEEL AND CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGE.