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Milliron: 1 reportable incident Coal

R.D.#5 Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607141

MSHA record for Milliron (mine ID 3607141). 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
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Prushnok Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Milliron 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

1990 · 1 incident

September 28, 1990 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STRIKING OR BUMPING
Prushnok Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WALKING BY THE AIR TANK IN THE BACK PART OF THE DRAGLINE AND AS HE WAS WALKING BY THE AIR TANK HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE LOW OVER HANGING SECTION OF THE ROOF OF THE DRAGLINE. HE DID NO T MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10-2-90.