Mining Incidents

Clear Run #3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Kear Gordon D
Dubois, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607984

Clear Run #3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Clear Run Coal Company 1988 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 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 2 5,703
1992 4 19,012
1991 5 27,618
1990 5 32,058
1989 5 22,573
1988 4 23,310
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Clear Run #3 sits in Elk County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Elk County, Pennsylvania · Population 30,703
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,103
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

May 8, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Clear Run Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT ALONG HIGH WALL WHEN A PIECE OF CLAY (SIZE OF FOOT BALL) FELL & HIT HIM IN LOWER BACK(RT SIDE) RESULTING IN A HOSPITAL STAY MAY 19 20 21 & 22