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Big B Mining: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Householder Carl
Donegal Township, Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605073

Big B Mining has had 1 fatality among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Big B Mining Company 1974 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)
1994 1 300
1993 5 23,543
1992 1 965
1991 4 8,525
1990 11 39,519
1989 10 42,714
1988 10 35,309
1987 11 31,745
1986 13 22,095
1985 12 48,658
1984 8 52,257
1983 4 24,901
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Big B Mining sits in Butler 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 5, 1984 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big B Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE TRUCK AND WAS RELEASING THE HYDROGEN IN SUSPENSION SHOCK ABSORBEWR TO FIT ON A LOBOY TRAILER WABCO TRUCK FELL IN O NE SWIFT MOTION TRAPPING EMPLOYEE BY SHOULDER CASUIN INSTANT DEATH BY A BROKEN NECK

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 1 incident