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Penn Coal Co Inc: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Thompson Leroy & Leonard
Wallaceton, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604187

Penn Coal Co Inc has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Penn Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1987 0
1986 17 15,682
1985 34 93,230
1984 47 173,536
1983 44 128,341
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Penn Coal Co Inc 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

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 31, 1986 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSED EUC DOOR3ON LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

Show 1 earlier incidents

1983 · 1 incident