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Valley Preparation Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Urmann John M
Brandy Camp, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606314

MSHA record for Valley Preparation Plant (mine ID 3606314). 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
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Valley Coal & Supply Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Valley Preparation Plant sits in Elk County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Elk County, Pennsylvania · Population 30,703
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,103
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 5, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Coal & Supply Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS WORKING AS LABORER AND WAS STANDING ON GROUND AND IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING TO PULL TIMBERS OUT OF A PILE A FRONT END LOADER WAS PULLING A TIMBER WITH A CHAIN THE TIMBER BEING PULLED CAUGHT THE BUCKET AND KICKED OUT HITTING THE INJURED IN THE BACK AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO MINERS EFFICIENCY SKILLS AND TRAINING