Mining Incidents

No 5 - No 97: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Poff James A
Philipsburg, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607551

MSHA record for No 5 - No 97 (mine ID 3607551). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Camfield Mining Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 - No 97 sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
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

1984 · 1 incident

June 5, 1984 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Camfield Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DURING ROUTING INSP BY MSHA,EMPL SENT TO TRAILER TO GET 1ST AID KIT.PICKED UP KIT ,TURNED TO LEAVE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.LOWER BACK PROBLEM #2,3,5 VERTEBRAE.