Mining Incidents

Whitetail: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Joe B Test
Luthersburg, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608580

MSHA record for Whitetail (mine ID 3608580). 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
1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
9
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 9 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Whitetail Mining & Reclamation Company Inc 1996 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)
2000 2 3,891
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Whitetail sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 28, 1999 PA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Whitetail Mining & Reclamation Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING OIL IN 769 B ROCK TRUCKS AND PULLED OR STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING BUCKETS OF OIL. THE INJURY AT THE TIME WAS NOT REAL SEVERE IT WAS FELT BY EE , BUT THE NEXT MORNING WAS WHEN THE PAIN BECAME SEVERE.