Mining Incidents

Buck Run #2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Ryan Robert E
New Millport, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602833

Buck Run #2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. Ryan Brothers Coal Company 1950 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)
1997 2
1996 3 991
1995 3 5,361
1994 8 23,041
1993 8 28,560
1992 7 31,085
1991 7 32,031
1990 8 21,762
1989 8 32,271
1988 9 28,598
1987 8 27,333
1986 8 35,054
1985 8 31,017
1984 8 33,550
1983 8 28,972
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Buck Run #2 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

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 24, 1992 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ryan Brothers Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON DOZER TRACK TO DRAIN RADIATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

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1984 · 1 incident

November 8, 1984 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Ryan Brothers Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

EMP WAS DOING REPAIR WORK ON LOADER AND SPENT MOST OF DAY KNEELING ON RIGHT KNEE DURING THE EVENING HIS KNEE BECAME VERY SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL. IT FELT BETTER THE NEXT DAY AND HE RORTED TO WORK WITHOUT REPORTING INJURY. THAT EVENING IT BECAME WORSE AND HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT CLEARFIELD HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING A.M.