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Godfrey Pit: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Allegheny Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by E J Bognar
Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606225

MSHA record for Godfrey Pit (mine ID 3606225). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Allegheny Sand Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Godfrey Pit 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 25, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Allegheny Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS GUIDING A GRADELL INTO PLACE TO BREAK UP CARBON BLOCKS STANDING BY THE DRIVERS DOOR I NAME TOLD THE TURRET OPERATOR OK SWING THE BOOM AROUND TO CHECK THE CLEARANCE UNKNOWN TO THE TU RRET OPERATOR & VEHICLE DRIVER I NAME APPARANTLYTHEN MOVED REARWARD & WAS PINNED AGAINST THE WALL BY THE REAR OF THE TURRET WHY I NAME MOVED FROM HIS SAFE POSITION IS UNKNOWN

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 1 incident

March 21, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Allegheny Sand Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING THE TRUNION FROM THE DRYER A CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE BOOM OF THE CRANE SWUNG & HIT I NAME ON THE RT SIDE OF HIS FACE ONE TOOTH WAS CRACKED & REMOVED AFTER SENDING I NAME TO THE DE NTIST