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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

MSHA record for F N R #3 (mine ID 3608500). 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
1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. Fnr Mining Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.