Westport Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING TOP SUB OF REED DRILL ONTO DRILL TABLE FELT PULLING SENSATION IN RT. GROIN AREA-NO LOST TIME THUS FAR. HERNIA REPAIR TO TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE.
Kittanning #1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Westport Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
David J Benjamin
Ginter,
Clearfield County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607366
MSHA record for Kittanning #1 (mine ID 3607366). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
Ownership history
- Westport Mining Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Kittanning #1 sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.