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Trulick Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Alt Inc · Surface
Controlled by Altmire Harold L Jr
Cowansville, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3607854

MSHA record for Trulick Mine (mine ID 3607854). 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
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Alt Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Trulick Mine sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
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

March 27, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alt Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A CAT D-9 DOZER. HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH TO DRIVE A BOLT OUT OFAN IDLER. THE HAMMER HIT THE PUNCH OFF CENTER, THE PUNCH FLEW UP AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREH EAD. THE EMPLOY9E WENT TO KITTANNING HOSPITAL WHERE STITCHES WERE USED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.