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Savanna Test Burn: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Roger E Dahlgren
Savanna, Pittsburg County, OK  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3401494

Savanna Test Burn has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Dahlgren Contracting Inc 1985 to 1985
  2. Delta Contracting Inc 1985 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)
1991 1
1990 1
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 1 496
1985 15 13,503
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Savanna Test Burn sits in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma · Population 43,629
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$54,787
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

November 30, 1990 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Contracting Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS LIFTING A DOZER BLADE AND THE SWING BAR CAME UNHOOKED AND FELL ON FOOT.