Mining Incidents

Bird #2: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Tire Hill, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600943

MSHA record for Bird #2 (mine ID 3600943). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bird #2 sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 29, 1988 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · INUNDATION
Island Creek Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DEATH BY HEART ATTCK(NATURAL CAUSE) NOT MINE OR JOB RELATED

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

April 29, 1988 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner OTHER
Island Creek Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUFFERED SLIGHT HEART ATTACK CLAIMS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS AS HE WAS MOVING ANOTHER HEART ATTACK VICTIM A SHORT DISTANCE