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F N R #3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Fnr Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Ruffner Floyd Jr
Brick Church, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608500

F N R #3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. Fnr Mining Company 1995 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 2 37,341
1996 4 61,452
1995 3 41,955
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

F N R #3 sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
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

1995 · 1 incident

September 1, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fnr Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE PLACING COVER PANELS OVER SIDE OF ENGINE, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER RUBBER TIRE. HYDRAULICOIL, WHICH HAD SPRAYED PROFUSELY DURING HOSE BLOW-OUT, MADE TRACTION SLIPPERY IN PLACES. ALTHOUG H HE HAD BEEN USING HAND RAILS, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BETWEEN RUBBER TIRE AND MACHINE COUNTERWEIGHT BREAKING RIGHT COLLAR BONE.