Mining Incidents

Big B Mining Company Incorporated: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hilliard Robert
Mercer County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606880

MSHA record for Big B Mining Company Incorporated (mine ID 3606880). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Ownership history
  1. Big B Mining Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big B Mining Company Incorporated 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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

August 10, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big B Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

44479NG LOAD TRI-AXLE HOIST BROKE TRUCK BED DROPPED SUDDENLY AS TRUCK FORCE OF IMPACT THRUST DRIVER OUT DOOR HURT IN FALL FROM TRUCK BACK.