Mining Incidents

St Nicholas Bank #42a Coal

Controlled by John W Rich Jr
Gilberton, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602109

MSHA record for St Nicholas Bank #42a (mine ID 3602109). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. B-D Mining Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Waste Management & Processors Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

St Nicholas Bank #42a 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.