Mining Incidents

Black Hawk Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Kohl Industries · Surface
Stark County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303839

MSHA record for Black Hawk Mine (mine ID 3303839). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. Kohl Industries 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Hawk Mine sits in Stark County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Stark County, Ohio · Population 373,764
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$65,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kohl Industries · Fall onto or against objects

GROUND SURFACE WAS DRY LOADER BUCKET WAS POSITIONED ON THE GROUND & WAS SLIGHTLY DAMP FROM WETNESS ON THE EMPLOYEES SHOES THE INJURED EMPLOYEE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE STANDING ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUCKEET WATGCHING REPAIRS BEING DONE & HE SLIPPED IN THE BUCKET

January 7, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kohl Industries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING STARTER3ROPE ON WATER PUMP ROPE CAME TO AN END BROKE RT WRIST IN SAME PLACE THAT HAD BEEN BROKEN 2 YRS BEFORE