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Stockton Basin Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by US Anthracite Corp
Stockton, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601716

Stockton Basin Strip has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1996
Latest incident
Apr 1996
Ownership history
  1. Brook Contracting Corp 1950 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)
1998 0
1997 0
1996 0
1995 1
1994 1
1993 1
1992 1 548
1991 4 10,544
1990 3 11,892
1989 3 11,138
1988 3 19,052
1987 5 24,634
1986 9 23,867
1985 8 20,501
1984 12 39,042
1983 15 63,445
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Stockton Basin Strip 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

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

April 18, 1996 PA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brook Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BULLDOZER WAS STUCK IN THE MUD. EE WAS HELPING SHOVEL MUD FROM BEHIND THE DOZER AND PLACING WOODEN PLANKS UNDER THE MACHINE, WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK. EE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME FROM WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY UNTIL 7-8-96.

1984 · 2 incidents

May 29, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Brook Contracting Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUDDENLY BECAME SICK WITH CHEST PAIN. WHILE SITTING IN CAB OF TRUCK AWAITING START OF WORK SHIFT. AIDED IN REMOVAL FROM TRUCK CAB & TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR ADMISSON.

May 3, 1984 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brook Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE DESCENDING FROM CAB OF DRAGLINE SLIPPED OFF SHOVEL CAT AND IN REACTING TO REGAIN BALANCE INJURY TO BACK RESULTED