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Mahoning Creek Surface Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by N V F Company
Templeton, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604025

MSHA record for Mahoning Creek Surface Mine (mine ID 3604025). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mahoning Creek Surface Mine sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 31, 1992 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co · Struck against stationary object

95149ED WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND GOT OFF MACHINBE TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHERE HE NEEDED MORE DIRT IN DOING THIS HE STEPPED ON A BOARD THAT HAD TWO NAILS IN IT.HE RECEIVED TWO PUNCTURE WOUNDS 03608IS RIGHT FOOT.INJURED DID NOT MISS WORK TIL 08-11-92.

1991 · 1 incident

1986 · 2 incidents

January 27, 1986 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co · Fall from machine

COAL TRUCK STUC5 ON HILL LEADING TO MINE,INJ STOPPED ON HILL TO GET OUT AND SEE IF HE COULD HELP IN DOING SO SLIPPED ON ROADWAY AND FELL.ROADWAY WAS SLICK FROM SNOW IN NIGHT.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET FROM 992 CAT HIGHLIFT AND FELL OFF MACHINE INJURED WAS GETTING OFF COUNTER WEIGHT AT REAR OF MACHINE AND HE STATES HIS KNEE FELT LIKE IT GAVE OUT CAUSING HIM TO F ALL

April 3, 1985 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WALKING DOWN CREEK BANK TO CHECK WATER PUMP WHIDH SUPPLIES PLANT.BANK WAS WET FROM PREVIOUS RAIN.BOTH FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARD ON UPPER PART OF BACK.