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Carlin No 26 Strip Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

R S Carlin Inc · Surface
Snow Shoe, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600855

Carlin No 26 Strip Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
Ownership history
  1. R S Carlin Inc 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)
1998 0
1997 2
1996 2
1995 2
1994 10 7,471
1993 9 24,944
1992 12 10,435
1991 14 18,264
1990 13 36,767
1989 5 8,589
1988 5 6,883
1987 14 190,416
1986 27 31,349
1985 23 46,511
1984 25 78,166
1983 26 56,514
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Carlin No 26 Strip Mine sits in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

February 10, 1994 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R S Carlin Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE INSTALLING TOOTH POINT ON 988 CATLOADER BUCKET A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM THE OINT WHEN HIT BY SLEDGE HAMMER INTO OPERATORS FOREHEAD

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1993 · 1 incident

September 29, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
R S Carlin Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A PIN ON A BRAKE BAND, AFTER CUTTING PIN, ATTEMPTED TO BLOW DEBRIS AWAY USING ACTELENE TORCH, WHEN THE GAS IGNITED, CAUSING A SMALL EXPLOSION! THUS BLOWING DIRT INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE. ALSO A LOUD NOISE WAS AUDIBLE.

1991 · 1 incident

September 9, 1991 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R S Carlin Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

BREAKING UP LARGE COAL LUMPS IN BREAKER, USING A 6' BAR TO PRY COAL LUMPS LOOSE IN COAL BREAKER, BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS APPROX. 8' ON TO GROUND.