Mining Incidents

Fairpoint Strip: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Dennis Zaccagnini
Fairpoint, Belmont County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301894

MSHA record for Fairpoint Strip (mine ID 3301894). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Fairpoint Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fairpoint Strip sits in Belmont County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Belmont County, Ohio · Population 65,982
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,411
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 18, 1992 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairpoint Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

TOOK HOSE OFF WATER PUMP IT WAS HOT THE WATER IN BOWEL WENT OVER HIM

1985 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairpoint Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICE 4HILE CHECKING WATER PUMP LANDED ON RIGHT HAND TWISTED HIS WRIST.

December 2, 1985 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairpoint Coal Company · Fall from machine

STEPPED DOWN FR2M THE FIAT 31 DOZER ONTO FROZEN GROUND INTO A LOW PLACE A LITTLE LATER I STARTED HURTING & SWELLED A LITTLE.

1984 · 2 incidents

June 22, 1984 OH · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairpoint Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LAID UNDER DRILL TO GREASE IT A BIT OF DUST AND GREASE FELL INTO EYE

January 19, 1984 OH · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairpoint Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WATCHING THE DRAGLINE OPERATE STANDING BY THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL - TURNED TO WALK AWAY AND THE NEXT THING HE KNEW HE WAS FALLING OVER THE HIGHWALL. THE GROUND WAS SNOW COVERED AND VER Y SLICK - HE HAD THICK CLOTHES ON TEMP. OUTSIDE WAS APPROX +10

1983 · 1 incident

October 12, 1983 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fairpoint Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

I WAS GOING FROM ONE SIDE* OF DRAGLINE TO THE OTHER I TURNED ON THE CATWALK AND HIT MY BACK AGAINST RAIL MY BACK HURT A LITTLE AT THE TIME BUT LATER THAT NIGHT IT STARTED HURTING A LOT THE DOC SAID I HAVE A SPRAINED DISK