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Sugar Hill Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

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

Sugar Hill Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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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.
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)
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 1
1992 1
1991 2
1990 2
1989 2
1988 4 7,886
1987 10 25,393
1986 17 34,147
1985 20 38,283
1984 27 82,192
1983 26 90,515
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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