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Somerset Ep Pit 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Mayer A James
Stoystown, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608173

Somerset Ep Pit 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Ownership history
  1. Pennsylvania Coal Company Inc 1990 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)
1994 3 711
1993 9 98,899
1992 5 91,743
1991 2 818
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Somerset Ep Pit 1 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

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 22, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Pennsylvania Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

A 950F CAT LOADER WAS WORKING IN THE COAL PIT CLEANING UP ROCK OFF COAL. PIT MAN WAS ASSISTING LOADER OPERATOR BY WATCHING AND SHOVELING. LOADER OPERATOR BACKED OUT OF AREA. THE PIT MAN THOUG HT LOADER WAS MOVING TO ANOTHER AREA AND STEPPED IN FRONT OF LOADER. OPEREATOR HIT BRAKES BUT LOADER BUCKET HIT PIT MAN, KNOCKING HIM OFF HIS FEET. PIT MAN HAD BACK TO LOADER AT THE TIME.