Mining Incidents

Brockway Clay Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kilgus Edward L
Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600675

MSHA record for Brockway Clay Company (mine ID 3600675). 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
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Brockway Clay Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brockway Clay Company sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
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

1989 · 1 incident

December 8, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brockway Clay Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ROD UP OUT OF DRILLED HOLE IT KICKED AND HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN GUARD AND WRENCH.