Mining Incidents

Pigeon Creek Strip Mine Coal

Sullivan County Mining Company Inc · Surface
Lopez, Sullivan County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605647

MSHA record for Pigeon Creek Strip Mine (mine ID 3605647). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Leroy Excavating Company 1975 to 1975
  2. Falcon Coal & Construction Company Inc 1975 to 1981
  3. Sullivan County Mining Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pigeon Creek Strip Mine sits in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania · Population 5,849
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,758
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.