manufacturing genre specialized drill bits founded 1998 founder brandon w. fisher headquarters berlin pennsylvania united states area served worldwide key people david pietrzykowski ceo website www.centerrock.com center rock inc. is a manufacturer of drilling equipment headquartered in berlin pennsylvania . the company was founded in 1998 by brandon w. fisher . center rock made headlines in 2002 when its equipment was instrumental in the quecreek mine rescue in pennsylvania in which nine miners were rescued after being trapped for 78 hours in a flooded mine . 1 in 2010 center rock assisted in the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days as a result of the copiap mining accident in chile . the company provided a special hammer bit for the drill that enabled a rescue shaft to be completed much faster than originally anticipated . 2 companies portal references edit local company aids in chilean mine rescue efforts . kdka . retrieved 2010 10 13 . pa . drill firm basking in glow of chilean rescue . msnbc . retrieved 2010 10 13 . external links edit company site low profile drill retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title center rock & oldid 743217340 categories construction equipment manufacturersmining equipment companiescompanies based in somerset county pennsylvaniamanufacturing companies established in 19982010 copiap mining accidentamerican companies established in 19981998 establishments in pennsylvaniamanufacturing companies based in pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 15 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view