Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Grantsville, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800668

MSHA record for No 1 Strip Mine (mine ID 1800668). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Schwinabart & Green Joint Venture 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 1 Strip Mine sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

May 11, 1990 MD · Coal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Schwinabart & Green Joint Venture · Struck by falling object

A PRODUCTION CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING FAN BELTS BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE RADIATOR ON A FIAT ALLIS 745 FRONT-END LOADER. A LARGE GUST OF WIND SIMULTANEOUSLY BLEW THE EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT OFF AND FLIPPED THE ENGINE PANEL COVER WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE SCALP.

1988 · 1 incident

September 21, 1988 MD · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schwinabart & Green Joint Venture · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER WAS HOLDING DOZER DOOR FRAME, DOOR CLOSED ON TIP OF LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.