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Tuscarora Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Gurzenda Joseph
Mary D., Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607275

MSHA record for Tuscarora Mine (mine ID 3607275). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Folmer A Gong Ltd 1982 to 1988
  2. Parschantel Energy Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tuscarora Mine 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

July 3, 1990 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Parschantel Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PIECE OF ANGLE IRON (6") FELL FROM ON TOP OF A GATE THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE JOB SITE STRIKING HIM ON THE MOUTH AND CHIPPING A FRONT TOOTH.

April 18, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parschantel Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING 80# BAGS OF LIME OVERHEAD ONTO TOP OF HIGH TRUCK WHEN HE HURT BACK.

March 2, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Parschantel Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

SLAG FROM A WELDING REPAIR FLEW INTO EE EYE RIGHT AFTER HE COMPLETED A SMALL REPAIR TO THE DRAGLINE BUCKET.

February 13, 1990 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parschantel Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING TO REPAIR DOZER WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO FINGER.