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Black Diamond: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Spencer Edward
Grampian, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608189

Black Diamond has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Jan 1992
Ownership history
  1. Black Diamond Coal Company Inc 1990 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 0
1993 2 6,221
1992 3 17,401
1991 5 26,396
1990 3 12,562
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Black Diamond sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
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

January 10, 1992 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Black Diamond Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER ROCKS AND OUT OF PIT. BACKING INTO HIGHWALL. CONTINAULLY WORKING OVER ROCKY AREAS, PUSHING ROCKS AND JOLTING OVER ROCKS AND INTO HIGHWALL.

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1991 · 2 incidents

October 1, 1991 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Black Diamond Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING HEAVY EQUIP. OVER ROCKS AND OUT OF PIT. BACKING INTO HIGHWALL. CONTINAULLY WORKING OVER ROCKY AREAS PUSHING ROCKS, AND JOLTING HAS CAUSED HEADACHES, BACK & NECK PAIN AND BULGING DISC .

September 3, 1991 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Diamond Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DOZER WAS REPLACING AXLE & GOT FINGER SMASHED BETWEEN DOZEWR & AXLE