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Monument Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stackhouse Robert L
Clinton County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605540

MSHA record for Monument Pit (mine ID 3605540). 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
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Fink & Stackhouse Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Monument Pit sits in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Clinton County, Pennsylvania · Population 37,707
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,842
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

1985 · 1 incident

June 4, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fink & Stackhouse Inc · Struck by flying object

TAPPING EASYOUT INTO HOLE TO REMOVE STUD CHIP FROM EASY OUT ENTERED LEFT EYE WAS WEARING GLASSES TO DRILL HOLE FOR EASY OUT AND DUE TO SUN SHINING IN EYES HAD LAID GLASSES ON GROUND SO AS TO SEE DEPTH OF HOLE BETTER PICKED UP EASY OUT AND HAMMER AND TAPPED IN HOLE AND SLIVER OFF OF EASY OUT FLEW INTO EYE