Mining Incidents

Commercial Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by W Thomas Mackall
Lisbon, Columbiana County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303884

MSHA sampling at Commercial Mine shows 100% of 1 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
15
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 15 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Commercial Mine shows 100% of 1 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2000-05-02, 26 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1
samples
0.01
dust max (mg/m3)
1 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Commercial Minerals Inc 1981 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 5 7,766
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Commercial Mine sits in Columbiana County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Columbiana County, Ohio · Population 101,203
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,474
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, 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 2,540 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,089 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1997 · 1 incident

June 4, 1997 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Commercial Minerals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I WAS CUTTING SCRAP WHEN MY CLOTHES CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS OF LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

1991 · 3 incidents

April 19, 1991 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Commercial Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

GREASE CAN WITH SHARP LID STRIKING OUT. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY IT. HIS RIGHT ARM RAN AGAINST THE SHARP LID AND MADE A 1 1/2" DEEP CUT OUTSIDE OF RIGHT HAND.

January 18, 1991 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Commercial Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A TOOTH ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WENT TO TAP THE TOOTH UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WITH A 16PD SLEGE HAMMER. 1ST EMPLOYEE'S FINGER SLIPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE TOOTH CAUSING THE SLEDGE HAMMER TO SMASH HIS FINGER INTO THE TOOTH.

January 8, 1991 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Commercial Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE SLEDGING TRACK PIN ON 4600, BAR MISSED HOLE & EMPLOYEE HIT FINGER ON DRAGLINE TRACK.

1989 · 1 incident

1983 · 2 incidents

March 22, 1983 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Commercial Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING OFF DOZER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON GROUSERS AND MISSED STEPPING ON PUSHARM AND STRAINED HIMSELF AS HE LANDED ON GROUND THERE WAS A DELAY IN REPORTING THE INCIDENT AS EMPLOYEE ORIGINA LLY THOUGHT INJURY WAS A COMPLICATION FROM A RECENT VASECTOMY