Mountain View Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
SURFACR WATER FROM HEAVY RAINS SEEPED IN AT THIS LOCATION & CAUSED DEBRI ROCK & LOOSE COAL MUD TO WORK OUT BETWEEN SUPPORT THEN SUPPORT FELL OUT CREATING ROOF FALL
R & S Slope: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for R & S Slope (mine ID 3607850). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1993
- Latest incident
- Aug 1993
Ownership history
- Mountain View Coal Company 1986 to 1989
- Mountain View Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
R & S Slope sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.