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Crescent Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Shannopin Mining Company
Daisytown, Washington County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3603554

MSHA record for Crescent Mine (mine ID 3603554). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Crescent Hills Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Crescent Hills Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Crescent Mine sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Washington County, Pennsylvania · Population 209,778
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$77,487
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 18, 1983 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crescent Hills Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AT APPROX 12:15 AM BETWEEN SHIFTS A FALL OCCURRED AT THE FACE OF THE 2 HILL RETREAT SECTION 771 002-0 THE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD MINED THE FENDER LIFTS AND ALL THAT REMAINED AT THE END OF THE SH IFT WERE THE 2 FINAL STUMPS THEY BACKED THE MINER OUT APPROX 20 FT FROM THE PROPOSED BREAK LINE AND CAME OUTSIDE THE MIDNIGHT CREW FOUND THE MINER HEAD PARTIALLY COVERED FROM THE FALL