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Reels Corner: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Steven Harris
Central City, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608354

MSHA record for Reels Corner (mine ID 3608354). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Somerset Fossil Fuels Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Reels Corner 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

3 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Somerset Fossil Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING AN IMPELLER ON A PUMP WHEN EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT WRIST ON SHARP EDGE OF IMPELLER CAUSING A LACERATION

May 8, 1993 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Somerset Fossil Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING STRUCTURE ON BELT LINE & SLTEPPED ON LADDER DECENDING TO GROUND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED TO GROUND & ANGLE IRON FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD

1992 · 1 incident

September 17, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Somerset Fossil Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE STEPPED OFF OF THE FRONT END LOADER APPROX. 12 INCH DOWN TO THE GROUND, AND WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, HIS LEFT LEG TWISTED.