Mining Incidents

Burnside Tract: 1 reportable incident Coal

Punxsutawney, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606790

MSHA record for Burnside Tract (mine ID 3606790). 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
1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Prushnok Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Burnside Tract 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

October 11, 1990 PA · Coal EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Prushnok Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN IN PIT HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED & SPRAYED OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF ENGINE. OIL IGNITED & CAUSED MOST OF MACHINE TO BE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. OPERATO R ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. MACHINE BURNED FOR APPROX 25 MIN & CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.