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Yaple #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

G & S Timber Inc · Surface
Controlled by Salvatore J Flango
Houtzdale, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608290

Yaple #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. G & S Timber Inc 1991 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)
1995 4 6,140
1994 11 21,450
1993 11 29,854
1992 12 24,258
1991 9 1,384
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Yaple #1 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 28, 1993 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
G & S Timber Inc · Struck against a moving object

RETURNING TO JOB SITE AFTER DELIVERING A LOAD OF COAL ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED A SLIPPY TRAFFIC STOPPED AHEAD MAKING A TURN EE SLID AND WENT AROUND CARS A HEAD. ANOTHER COAL COMING OPPOSITE WAY HIT HIM BROADSIDE./