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Sugar Hill Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602786

MSHA record for Sugar Hill Strip (mine ID 3602786). 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
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sugar Hill Limestone Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sugar Hill Strip sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
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

1987 · 1 incident

October 13, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sugar Hill Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS REPAIRI3G A BEVEL GEAR SHAFT ON A D9H DDOZER THE BOOM HAD PART OF THE SHAFT LIFTED UP AND THE EMP LIFTED UP THE REST OF THE WEIGHT AND TWISTED HIS BACK