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Refuse Culm Bank: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Tremont, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607888

MSHA record for Refuse Culm Bank (mine ID 3607888). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Grove Coal Company 1987 to 1987
  2. Westwood Energy Properties 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Refuse Culm Bank 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

1989 · 2 incidents

June 16, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westwood Energy Properties · Fall from machine

HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REMOVE HOOD FROM EQUIPMENT. WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM EQUIPMENT, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL.