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Horizon Strip - Carroll: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Horizon Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Holmes Limestone Company
Magnolia, Carroll County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304042

MSHA record for Horizon Strip - Carroll (mine ID 3304042). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Horizon Coal Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Horizon Strip - Carroll sits in Carroll 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.
Carroll County, Ohio · Population 26,731
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,675
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

April 16, 1990 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Horizon Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE FAN OF THE LOADER, I WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT A CHISEL TO LOOSEN THE FAN BLADE, WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE CHISEL FLEW INTO MY RIGHT EYE.

January 30, 1990 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Horizon Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM A LOADER BUCKET TO AN OIL RACK. WHEN HE NOTICED A SLIGHT PULL AND PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

November 22, 1988 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horizon Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WASS ATT*EMPTING TO REPOSTION WATER HOSE IN PIT AREA WHEN RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD & NOTICED PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.