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Wanamie Cleaning Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Louis J Beltrami
Wanamie, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602922

Wanamie Cleaning Plant has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Blue Coal Corp 1950 to 1973
  2. Blue Coal Corp 1974 to 1974
  3. Lucky Strike Coal Corp 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 3
1986 13
1985 7
1984 9
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wanamie Cleaning Plant 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

1985 · 1 incident

December 17, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lucky Strike Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WEDGED HAND BET4EEN SHAKER AND TABLE BRACE BREAKING LEFT HAND

1984 · 2 incidents

June 2, 1984 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Lucky Strike Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND . CHECKING BELTS ON COMPRESSOR.