Mining Incidents

Peck Mines: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Keystone Lime Company Inc · Underground
Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600124

MSHA record for Peck Mines (mine ID 3600124). 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
1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Keystone Lime Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Peck Mines sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
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

1987 · 1 incident

February 3, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Lime Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING A WHEEL NUT ON HIS TRUCK WITH A LARGE WRENCH BY HAND. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL, TWIST AND BREAK HIS ANKLE.