Mining Incidents

Sunnydale Mining: 1 reportable incident Coal

Sunnydale Mining · Surface
Controlled by Robert L Stewart
Cadiz Harrison, Harrison County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304159

Sunnydale Mining has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Sunnydale Farms 1989 to 1992
  2. Sunnydale Farms 1992 to 1993
  3. Sunnydale Mining 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 1
1999 2 1,470
1998 2 1,899
1997 3 12,243
1996 1
1995 2 3,651
1994 2 2,056
1993 1
1992 4 35,221
1991 2 15,178
1990 2 5,456
1989 1 4,383
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Sunnydale Mining sits in Harrison County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Harrison County, Ohio · Population 14,408
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,851
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 20 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 31, 1994 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnydale Mining · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING TRACK ON A D-9 DOZER. TRACK WAS LAYING ON GROUND AND CABLE CHOKER ATTACHED TO TRACK TO LAY IT OUT STRAIGHT. WHEN PULLING ON CABLE IT SLIPPED AND CAME AND PINCHED HAND OF OWNER.