Vanvoorhis Strip: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Fort Martin Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Stromick Mike

Newtown, Greene County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3601304

MSHA record for Vanvoorhis Strip (mine ID 3601304). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 1984–1990
Latest incident: Oct 1990

Ownership history

Ford & Gaskill 1950 to 1973
Fort Martin Coal Company 1973 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Greene County, Pennsylvania · Population 35,265

5.2%

Mining share of county employment

$66,870

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1990 · 1 incident

October 8, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fort Martin Coal Company · Fall from machine

FRAC R HEEL FELL TO GROUND GETTING IN HIGHLIFT

1989 · 1 incident

April 13, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fort Martin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BOTTOM ROLLER FROM HD#31 DOZER. STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN-CAUSING HERNIA.

1988 · 1 incident

September 19, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fort Martin Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FX.RT.HEEL WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND WHILE GETTING ON 945 HIGHLIFT

1986 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1986 PA · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE

Fort Martin Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKIN1 ON CONVEYOR BELT PICKING ROCKS OUT OF COAL LUMP OF COAL ROLLED DOWN CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT RT WRIST FRACTURED BONE IN WRIST

July 21, 1986 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fort Martin Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D RT SHOULDER WHEN HE PICKED UP 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL FOR THE FORKLIFT

1984 · 1 incident

February 20, 1984 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY

Fort Martin Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME CUTTING ROLLOVER SUPPORT OFF OLD DOZER WITH TORCH TO BE INSTALLED ON ANOTHER DOZER.ROLLOVER SUPPORT FELL AND STRUCK LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE.LEG WAS BROKEN.