M & M Strip Coal

Copperhead Coal Company · Facility

Controlled by John Hess

Sugarcreek, Tuscarawas County, OH · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3303938

MSHA record for M & M Strip (mine ID 3303938). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 1986–1995
Latest incident: Jan 1995

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 2 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2	0	0	0
2000 Q1	2,742	0	0	0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

June 3, 1986 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miller Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EITHER CONST WA8 REPLACING FLOOR UNDER GOB CONVEYER THAT DAY AND OUR MEN WERE REPLACING PLANKS IN GOB BIN. PLANKS WER BEING RAISED THROUGH TRAP DOOR ON 2ND FLOOR, I.NAME APPARENTLY WENT UP TO SEE HOW WORK WA8 PROGRESSING AND APPARENTLY STEPPED INTO TRAP DOOR OPENING

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1995 · 1 incident

January 3, 1995 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miller Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHEN ENTERING THE SHOP AREA, I TRIPPED ON AN OVERHEAD CRANE BRACE, FELL FORWARD, STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE AND NOSE ON A GEAR WHICH WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR.

1993 · 3 incidents

January 27, 1993 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miller Mining Inc · Fall from machine

MISSED ONE STEP, FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER. WAS GETTING OFF THE END-DUMP TRUCK I WAS OPERATING.

January 23, 1993 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miller Mining Inc · Fall from machine

AS I WAS CLIMBING ON DOZER TO BEGIN OPERATING 1 SLIPPED DUE TO ICE ON DOZER TRACK & HIT RIBS AGAINST STEPS & FELL

January 15, 1993 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Miller Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WINDOW ON PAN WAS FROZEN SHUT, EE TRIED TO FORCE OPEN, WINDOW OPENED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING APPLIED. EE WAS CUT ON THUMB.

1990 · 1 incident

March 10, 1990 OH · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Miller Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIR WORK TURNING PULLEY BELTS TO CHECK WEAR INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT CUT OPEN

1988 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1988 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miller Mining Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING INTO CAB OF DOZER TO BEGIN DAYS WORK THERE WAS SOME SHOW FROM NIGHT SNOW FLURRIES ON DOZER CAUSING IT TO BE SLIPPERY OPERATOR FELL AND BRUISED HIS TAILBONE.

September 12, 1988 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Miller Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT APPROX 10:30 PM I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO WALK HIS DOZER FROM THE PIT AREA UP AN ACCESS ROAD TO REINFORCE A DIVERSION DITCH AT THE TIME IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO I.NAME S LACK OF VISIBILITY THINKING HE WAS PAST A LOW WALL AREA HE BEGAN TO TURN THE DOZER RT UPON TURNING THE DOZER BROKE TRACTION CAUSING TH MACHINE TO DROP ALONG THE LOW WALL AND RESTING ON THE

1987 · 1 incident

December 1, 1987 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Miller Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A SMALL TOOL BOX UP ONTO A PLATFORM AND STEPPED BACK DOWN FROM A LADDER ONTO A HOME MADE COAL RAKE WHICH SNAPPED THE HANDLE BETWEEN THE EYES CAUSING AND GASH.

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