Mining Incidents

Midvale Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Straub Glenn F
Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301457

MSHA record for Midvale Pit (mine ID 3301457). 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
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Edgar Spring Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Spring Industries Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Midvale Pit sits in Tuscarawas 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.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio · Population 92,585
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,494
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

1989 · 1 incident

September 29, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Spring Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CHECKING CONVEY LINE. FOUND ROCK IN ONE OF CONVEY IDLERS TRIED TO FREE IT, R HAND GOT CAUGHT IN IDLERS.