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Grove City: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R E Garman
Mercer County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608345

MSHA record for Grove City (mine ID 3608345). 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
1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Grove City sits in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania · Population 109,852
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,614
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

1992 · 1 incident

September 30, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Buffalo Crushed Stone Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP INADVERTANTLY PUT DIESIEL FUEL IN PERSONAL VEHICLE VAN. DISCONNECTED FUEL LINE AND PRESSURIZED GAS TANK W/O2 FROM WELDING SET-UP. OTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED KEY & GAS TANK BLEW-UP. 2ND DEGRE E BURNS TO RIGHT REAR LEG.