Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

Blair County: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Swistock James W
Allegheny Twp., Blair County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605586

Blair County has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Blair County.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ace Drilling Coal Company Inc 1974 to 1984
  2. Swistock Associates Coal Corp 1984 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)
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 1
1986 15 50,727
1985 26 154,257
1984 34 175,647
1983 18 27,630
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Blair County sits in Blair County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Blair County, Pennsylvania · Population 121,854
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,594
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

1984 · 1 incident

May 31, 1984 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Swistock Associates Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

LOOKING FOR A CAN OF CLEANING SOLVENT IN THE BACK OF A COMPANY PICKUP AND WENT TO STEP BACK OUTPED ON SOMETHING AND FELL ON HANDS AND KNEES. LANDED ON HANDS AND KNEES, JARRED HIMSELF AND RESU RESULTED IN BROKEN ELBOW.