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F N R #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Fnr Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Ruffner Floyd Jr
R.D. #1 Marion Center, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607402

F N R #1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Fnr Mining Company 1982 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 0
1996 0
1995 2 4,307
1994 5 40,137
1993 2 10,329
1992 0
1991 6 31,340
1990 7 63,109
1989 6 48,475
1988 5 37,328
1987 5 28,857
1986 5 7,847
1984 4
1983 2 4,046
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

F N R #1 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

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 25, 1994 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Fnr Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERTAOR WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER WHEN RT FOOT ROLLED UNEVENLY ON A SMALL ROCK CAUSING A SPRAIN TO THE ANKLE

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1993 · 1 incident

August 23, 1993 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fnr Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK DUMPING TOPSOIL ON WASHES ON THIS BACKFILLED SURFACE MINE SITE. AT THE SITE OF THE WASH, THE TRUCK'S ENGINE STALLED-QUIT AND BEGAN TO CAREEN BACKWARDS DOWN A STEEP SLOPE AND STOPPED AFTER HITTING TREES. THE OEPRATOR SUFFERED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO A BONE IN HIS UPPER BACK AND BRUISED HIS MED-BACK.