Mining Incidents

Pcr - Surface: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Pcr Joint Venture · Facility
Scarbro, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606415

MSHA record for Pcr - Surface (mine ID 4606415). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Coal Cave Inc 1981 to 1985
  2. Pcr Joint Venture 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pcr - Surface sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

November 3, 1986 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pcr Joint Venture · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 TO RECONSTRUCT TIPPLE AND TRIPPED OVER CRIB BLOCKS

May 9, 1986 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pcr Joint Venture · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8IDE FEEDER BIN CLEARING DEBRIS SO COAL COULD FEED THROUGH BIN ONTO BELT LINE