Mining Incidents

Genchur Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Benjamin T Elkin
Marion Center, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607052

MSHA record for Genchur Mine (mine ID 3607052). 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
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Ownership history
  1. East Run Coal Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Genchur 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

1996 · 1 incident

November 7, 1996 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
East Run Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE DRIVING 85 TON ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE COMPLAIED OF BACK PAIN.