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| Date of Accident | Fatals | Nature of Fatality* | Mining Operation | Permit Number | Company Name | Site Name | County | Township |
| 01/01/98 | 5 | drowned when vehicle plunged into water-filled pit | Surface | Luzerne | Newport | |||
| 06/06/99 | 1 (17 yrs old) |
drowned in strip mine pit water pond, 3 miles NE of Sandy Lake | Surface | 2566BSM45 | Miller & McKnight Coal Co. | Owens/Miller-McKnight #1 | Mercer | Mill Creek |
| 01/30/00 | 2 (28 & 30 yrs old) |
drowned when vehicle crashed through ice on water-filled pit | Refuse Reprocessing | 49803201 | Reading Anthracite Company | Trevorton #228 | Northumberland | Zerbe |
| 05/03/01 | 1 | drowned while swimming in pit water | Surface | 17810120 | Benjamin Coal Co. | Laurel | Clearfield | Bell |
| 07/27/02 | 1 (30 yrs old) | drowned in strip mine pit water | Surface | 54773006 | Reading Anthracite Company | Buck Run (#P-45A) | Schuylkill | Foster |
| *More information is available from the Internet web site of the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA): | http://www.msha.gov/SOSA/fatalstats.htm | |||||||
