One Dead After Fayette Co. Mine Collapse

January 9, 2022 8:02 am

SPRINGHILL TWP, Pa. (WPXI) — One person is dead following a reported mine collapse in Fayette County. According to 911 officials, the call came in just after 3 p.m. Friday for a report of a mine collapse. This happened along Springhill Furnace Road in Springhill Township. According to sources, this was the Laurel Underground Limestone Mine, and initial reports said one man was trapped in the mine. Arcosa is a construction engineering company that owns the Lake Lynn mine. WPXI spoke to a man who previously worked at the mine and is friends with the man who was trapped. He says heavy machinery was driven in and out of the mountainside, and that the roof collapsed approximately 400 feet into the mine, trapping his friend.