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Mcginness Bros (Strip): 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Mc Ginness Edward A
Hopedale, Harrison County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303840

MSHA record for Mcginness Bros (Strip) (mine ID 3303840). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Mc Ginness Brothers Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mcginness Bros (Strip) sits in Harrison County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Harrison County, Ohio · Population 14,408
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,851
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

1984 · 1 incident

July 10, 1984 OH · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mc Ginness Brothers Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

STORM APPEARED AND ALL WORKING PERSONNEL WAS REMOVED FOR NEAR BY WORK AREA AND FROM IMMEDIATE SHOT AREA OF 37 LOADED HOLES AFTER STORM CLEARED AND IT WAS SAFE ATAIN TO ALLOW WORKMEN BACK ON SH OT,WE DISCOVERED THAT LIGHTENING HAD SET OFF 6 HOLES.BALANCE OF SHOT TESTED OK AND SHOT WAS SET OFF AND ALL 31 HOLES WERE DETONATED AT 4:30 PM.