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Adobe Tipple: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by AOI Coal Company
Grove City, Mercer County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606947

MSHA record for Adobe Tipple (mine ID 3606947). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Willowbrook Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Adobe Tipple sits in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania · Population 109,852
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,614
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

1992 · 1 incident

February 6, 1992 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Willowbrook Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WALKING ON WALKWAY IN THE CLEANING PLANT. HE STEPPED ON A UNEVEN AREA OF THE WALKWAY AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1987 · 1 incident

January 26, 1987 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Willowbrook Mining Company · Fall from machine

ON TRAILER LEVE5ING COAL AND FEL TO GROUND.IS IN REHAB NOW AND DIAGNOSED TO HAVE NO IMPAIRMENTS.

1986 · 1 incident

February 6, 1986 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Willowbrook Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS CHECKING3THE LEVEL IN A 30 GALLON LIME SLURRY TANK HE APPARENTLY WAS WALKING ON THE EDGE OF THE TANK AND SLIPPED HE SWALLOWED LIME MIXTURE AND HAD LIME SLURRY IN HIS EYES.