Mining Incidents

Ponderosa No 1 Strip Coal

Ponderosa Coal Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Morris Guy E Jr
Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800561

MSHA record for Ponderosa No 1 Strip (mine ID 1800561). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Ponderosa Coal Company 1950 to 1975
  2. Ponderosa Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ponderosa No 1 Strip sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.