Mining Incidents

Gasser Strip: 4 reportable incidents Coal

R & E Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Colucy Rafael F
Stone Creek, Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303854

MSHA record for Gasser Strip (mine ID 3303854). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. R & E Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gasser Strip 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

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 19, 1990 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
R & E Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME HELPING ADJUST GOVERNOR ON WELDER,HAD RAG IN RIGHT HAND,IT GOT PULLED INTO FAN ALONG WITH RIGHT HAND CAUSING IT TO GET CUT.

1989 · 1 incident

June 2, 1989 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & E Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER PICKING UP A 3 INCH WATER PUMP

1985 · 1 incident

May 9, 1985 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R & E Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MCH. WAS PUTTING NEW PIN IN SCRAPER. HE WAS HOLDING B&O, HELPER WAS TO HIT B&O WITH HAMMER. WHEN HE HIT THE HAMMER IT SLIPPED AND HIT MCH IN RIGHT HAND.

1983 · 1 incident

May 12, 1983 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & E Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS RUNNING PAN HE SAID DOZER HIT HIM TO HARD WHEN PUSHING HIM.