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Krach And Gearhart Strip Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Krach & Gearhart · Surface
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606324

MSHA record for Krach And Gearhart Strip Mine (mine ID 3606324). 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
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Krach & Gearhart 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Krach And Gearhart Strip Mine sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
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

1988 · 1 incident

May 26, 1988 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krach & Gearhart · Fall from ladders

AT STARTING TIME INJURED WAS ASCENDING LADDER OF FRONT END LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG & VICTIM FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM ON FRONT END LOADER TIRE CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT ARM. AC CIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS PROFICIENCY SKILL OR TRAINING.