Mining Incidents

Common Sense #2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Bernice Mining & Contracting Inc · Surface
Mildred, Sullivan County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607493

MSHA record for Common Sense #2 (mine ID 3607493). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Lancaster Resources Ltd 1983 to 1990
  2. Suscon Sales Corp 1990 to 1994
  3. Bernice Mining & Contracting Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Common Sense #2 sits in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania · Population 5,849
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,758
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

June 19, 1989 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lancaster Resources Ltd · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF JUNK AND AS THE BOX WAS BEING RAISED THE MATERIAL CAME LOOSE ON ON E SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER CAUSING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO UPSET.

June 6, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Lancaster Resources Ltd · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF THE DRILL WITH THE BOOM UP STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A VALVE MAY HAVE FAILED ON A OUT RIGGER CAUSING THE DRILL TO OVERTURN.

February 6, 1989 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Lancaster Resources Ltd · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF PIT AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE.