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Liberty Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Phil A Bowman
Jackson, Jackson County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303952

Liberty Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Royal Oak Industries 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)
1990 0
1989 2 19,865
1988 5 32,256
1987 14 132,743
1986 33 151,639
1985 22 119,459
1984 16 120,779
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Liberty Mine sits in Jackson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Jackson County, Ohio · Population 32,588
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$58,409
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

1986 · 1 incident

September 10, 1986 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Royal Oak Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FU9LING DRAGLINE WITH FUEL TANK MOUNTED ON FORKS OF LOADER, EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF FORK AND LOADER ROLLED FORWARD PINCHING UPPER LEFT PORTION OF LEG. THIS RESULTE D IN CUT ON LEG3WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ARTERY.