Mining Incidents

Bacon No 9 Mine Coal

R Richard & Coolidge Eichelberger · Underground
Bedford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601066

MSHA record for Bacon No 9 Mine (mine ID 3601066). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. William H Martin 1950 to 1971
  2. James Eichelberger 1971 to 1974
  3. R Richard & Coolidge Eichelberger 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bacon No 9 Mine sits in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania · Population 47,503
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$60,302
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.