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Rock Run: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Darrell G Spencer
Barnesboro, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606757

Rock Run has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
4
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 4 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Hepburnia Coal Company Inc 1978 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)
1999 0
1998 1 14,007
1997 2 21,463
1996 2 18,426
1995 2 22,381
1994 1 5,238
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 1
1989 3 19,644
1988 3 27,434
1987 2 25,623
1986 0
1985 1 5,739
1984 3 26,986
1983 2 16,328
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Rock Run sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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

1989 · 1 incident

November 8, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hepburnia Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HELPING TO PUT CAB ON #3 DOZER CAB SLIPPED AND INJURED EMPL RIGHT HAND.