Mining Incidents

R P Tipple #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Robert P Carlin · Facility
Controlled by Carlin Robert P
Snow Shoe, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607088

MSHA record for R P Tipple #1 (mine ID 3607088). 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
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Robert P Carlin 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

R P Tipple #1 sits in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
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

July 30, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Robert P Carlin · Struck by flying object

WHILE I NAME WA8 TRYING TO BREAK A RUSTED PULLEY OFF A SHAFT,WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN WHICH I NAME WAS HELPING HIM I NAME HAD A PIECE OF PULLEY CAST FLEW HITTING I NAME ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.HE H AD TO HAVE TWO 8TITCHES.