Mining Incidents

William Socko Stripping: 1 reportable incident Coal

Minersville, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606912

MSHA record for William Socko Stripping (mine ID 3606912). 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
1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
14
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: 14 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. J R K Construction Company 1979 to 1996
  2. Coal Contractors (1991) Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

William Socko Stripping 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.
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 Q2 669 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 29, 1998 PA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal Contractors (1991) Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS RESOCKETING DRAG ROPE ON A MANITOWAC 4600 DRAGLINE. WHEN HE STRUCK A STEEL PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A CHIP OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE PIN AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS CALF.