Mining Incidents

Jones Pit/Anco Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Anco Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ralph W Anderson
Plainfield, Coshocton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303956

Jones Pit/Anco Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. Anco Mining Inc 1983 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)
1998 0
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 3 19,160
1991 3
1990 4 2,156
1989 13 54,644
1984 17 96,499
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Jones Pit/Anco Strip sits in Coshocton County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Coshocton County, Ohio · Population 36,679
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$54,687
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 26, 1991 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Anco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR OPENED WHILE MACHINE WAS IN OPERATION. WHEN EMPLOYEE ATEEMPTED TO CLOSE DOOR IT SLAMMED AGAINST HIS HAND INJURING HIS FINGER.