Shadle Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
NO MEN WORKING ONLY PUMPING WATER FIRE CHIEF SAY HE BELIEVES THAT THE GENERATOR POWER UNIT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING MELFUNCTION
Shadle Slope: 4 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Shadle Slope (mine ID 3606031). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1989–1994
- Latest incident
- Feb 1994
Ownership history
- A & J Coal Company 1976 to 1989
- Shadle Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Shadle 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.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1994 · 1 incident
1993 · 1 incident
Shadle Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
TRANSMISSION TAIL SHAFT BROKE WHIHC INTERFEARED WITH USE OF TH EHOIST FOR MORE THAN THIRTY MINUTES.
1992 · 1 incident
Shadle Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
DURING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A ROOF FALL BETWEEN CHUTES 13-14 IN 4TH LEVEL EAST MONKEY HEADING RIB FALL IMPAIRS VENTILATION & IMPEDES PASSAGE IN PROCESS OF CORREC TING PROBLEM
1989 · 1 incident
August 25, 1989
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shadle Coal Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
REPAIRING SCAFFOLD,SLIPPED TO FLOOR INJURING RIB CAGE.