Mining Incidents

Guernsey Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Oxford Mining · Surface
Byesville, Guernsey County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304338

MSHA record for Guernsey Strip (mine ID 3304338). 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
1997–1999
Latest incident
Jul 1999
Ownership history
  1. Holmes Limestone Co. 1994 to 2003
  2. Oxford Mining 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Guernsey Strip sits in Guernsey County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.7% 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.
Guernsey County, Ohio · Population 38,283
3.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,756
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 571 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 1 incident

July 27, 1999 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Limestone Co. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON A 6" WATER HOSE WHILE SETTING UP WATER PUMP.

1997 · 1 incident

April 29, 1997 OH · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holmes Limestone Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER HOSE WITH KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.