Mining Incidents

Archer Pit: 1 reportable incident Coal

Sme Minerals Inc · Surface
New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303913

MSHA record for Archer Pit (mine ID 3303913). 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
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Archer Mining & Construction Company Inc 1982 to 1985
  2. Sme Minerals Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Archer Pit sits in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio · Population 92,585
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,494
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

1987 · 1 incident

August 19, 1987 OH · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Sme Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING T RACTOR SPREADING MULCH ON HILL SIDE WHEN TRACTOR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR & COULD NOT STOP OPERATOR THEN JUMPED FROM UNIT INJURING KNEES & BUMPED HEAD