Mining Incidents

Mack Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hulings Raymond L
Armagh, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604007

MSHA record for Mack Mine (mine ID 3604007). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. Dunkard Creek Coal Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Energy Supply Inc/Donray Industries Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mack Mine sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

December 11, 1986 PA · Coal MACHINERY
Energy Supply Inc/Donray Industries Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DRAGLINE ENCOUN7ERED A NATURAL GAS LINE WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY LOCATED CAUSING APPROX. 1200 IN TOTAL DAMAGE TO LINE. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.

January 23, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Energy Supply Inc/Donray Industries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INDIVIDUAL SLIP1ED AND FELL ON PATCH OF ICE WHILE WALKING AS HE FELL HIS BODY CAME DOWN ONTO HIS LEG AND THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY FRACTURED HIS ANKLE.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 3 incidents

April 9, 1984 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING OUTSIDE OF THE DRAGLINE GETTING READY TO DO THE OILING AND SLIPPED ON A ROCK AS HE WAS WALKING

March 22, 1984 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHEN LIFTING BATTERY FROM DOZER TO REPLACE, PULLED A LIGAMENT

January 23, 1984 PA · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GETTING OFF DOZER HE WAS HOLDING ON TO PAD, SLIPPED AND HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT BENDING IT BACK.

1983 · 3 incidents

November 10, 1983 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING HEATER MOTOR IN END LOADER USING KNIFE TO CUT TIE STRAPS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER.

May 25, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DOZER WHEN HAND SLIPPED ON WRENCH AND CUT FINGER.

January 17, 1983 PA · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunkard Creek Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENENING BOLTS ON DOZER BLADE USING WRENCH PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK