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Crooked Creek #2 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mears Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kerry L Mears
Tanoma, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607886

Crooked Creek #2 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mears Enterprises Inc 1987 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)
1990 7 19,013
1989 10 11,083
1988 10 23,175
1987 15 19,395
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crooked Creek #2 Mine sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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

1988 · 1 incident

December 12, 1988 PA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mears Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

SET LONG ASIRDOX 30" TOP ROLLER ON TOP OF FMC 30" IT FELL ON TIP OF R. FINGER SMADHING IT BETWEEN ROLLER ANC FRAME OF BELT DRIVE.