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Spring Mountain Operation: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pagnotti Enterprises Inc
Hazle And Banks Twps., Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607601

Spring Mountain Operation has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1984 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)
1996 3
1995 2
1994 2
1993 1
1992 1 2,396
1991 6 30,436
1990 6 25,013
1989 9 18,946
1988 15 24,415
1987 4 11,633
1986 19 57,627
1985 20 51,099
1984 13 8,563
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Spring Mountain Operation sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 21, 1991 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING WELDING LEADS FROM COMPARTMENT & THEY GOT STUCK & HE TUGGED ON THEM & TWISTED BACK

1990 · 3 incidents

1986 · 2 incidents

April 2, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED DISC OUT3OF PLACE IN BACK WHILE PUSHING ON TAILGATE LEVER OF TRI-AXLE TRUCK.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident