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Job 47: 1 reportable incident Coal

Pbs Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by NSM PLC
Brotherton, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608020

Job 47 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Pbs Coals Inc 1988 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)
1991 4
1990 3 645
1989 11 102,233
1988 10 53,528
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Job 47 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

June 12, 1989 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pbs Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OPENING DOOR OF LOADER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.