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Ridgeview Strips: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Stanford Energy
Karns City, Clarion County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606709

Ridgeview Strips has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Ridgeview Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1981
  2. Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1981 to 1983
  3. Doverspike Brothers Coal Company 1983 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 5 51,162
1997 11 178,335
1996 11 161,797
1995 7 73,338
1994 8 95,444
1993 6 70,974
1992 6 70,308
1991 6 121,239
1990 5 72,180
1989 14 190,717
1988 11 224,341
1987 17 346,375
1986 11 113,740
1985 8 41,851
1984 5 26,684
1983 6 30,576
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ridgeview Strips sits in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Clarion County, Pennsylvania · Population 37,297
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,668
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

February 10, 1990 PA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING A WATER PUMP HOSE THAT WAS FULL OF WATER OUT OF A HOLE, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THIS WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

January 30, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS EXERTING A LOT OF PRESSURE WHILE PUSHING TUBES DOWN A BLAST HOLE CAUSING INJURY TO ELBOW ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

1989 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

December 30, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS BENT OVER MACHINE AS HE STOOID UP HE PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLE.