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Jenners Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Genesis Inc · Facility
Controlled by John P Garcia
Friedens, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602685

Jenners Plant has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Coal Junction Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1978
  2. Coal Junction Coal Company 1978 to 1985
  3. Coal Junction Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1987
  4. Coal Junction Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1992
  5. Solar Fuel Company Inc 1992 to 1994
  6. Genesis Inc 1994 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)
1999 0
1998 0
1997 1
1996 1
1995 1
1994 1
1993 0
1992 2
1991 1
1990 1
1989 1
1988 1
1987 4
1986 5
1985 5
1984 31 52,628
1983 34 98,308
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Jenners Plant sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

October 8, 1987 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Junction Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS STEP1ING ONTO RUBBER INSULATING PLATFORM FOR ELECTRIC PANEL WHEN RUBBER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE

January 26, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal Junction Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY W5S TAMPING DOWN COAL INTO A BIN WHEN A LUMP OF COAL STRUCK HIS LEG FROM THE SIDE STRAINING HIS KNEE.