Mining Incidents

Silverton Stripping: 1 reportable incident Coal

Selkirk Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Griffiths Thomas J
Silverton, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605380

MSHA record for Silverton Stripping (mine ID 3605380). 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
1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Selkirk Mining Company 1974 to 1978
  2. Selkirk Mining Company 1978 to 1989
  3. Selkirk Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silverton Stripping 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 14, 1989 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Selkirk Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL HEAD ROTATED WHILE OPERATOR WAS INSERTING WRENCH IN ORDER TO CHANGE DRILL ROD.