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Primrose Slope: 2 reportable incidents Coal

G S & T Coal Company · Underground
Goodspring, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608221

MSHA record for Primrose Slope (mine ID 3608221). 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
1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. R & S Coal Company 1991 to 1998
  2. G S & T Coal Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Primrose 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

1992 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & S Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STARTING A NEW SLOPE, PUT A TANK IN THE GROUND. WE WERE ROLLING TELEPHONE POLES FROM THE BANK DOWN ON THE PIPE FOR CRIBBING. HIS GLOVES GOT CAUGHT ON THE TELEPHONE POLE AND PULLED HIM DOWN ON TOP PIPE.

November 2, 1992 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & S Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AT THE END OF TANK 8 FT BELOW TIMBER SHIFTED FEILL CAME DOWN AND IS SQUEEZING TIMBER AND PUSHING IT OUT.