Mining Incidents

Blackfork Mine Coal

Stewart Construction Company · Surface
Controlled by Stewart Walter
Oak Hill, Lawrence County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304124

MSHA record for Blackfork Mine (mine ID 3304124). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Waterloo Coal Company 1987 to 1988
  2. Waterloo Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  3. Stewart Construction Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blackfork Mine sits in Lawrence 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.
Lawrence County, Ohio · Population 57,385
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,842
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.