Mining Incidents

Brenneman - Shoemaker: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Bowers Homer C
Salisbury, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605836

MSHA record for Brenneman - Shoemaker (mine ID 3605836). 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
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Blaze Coal & Construction Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brenneman - Shoemaker 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 5, 1983 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaze Coal & Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE PROCESS OF TWISTING & LIFTING - PAIN OCCURRED IN LOWER BACK.