Mining Incidents

R T G #5: 1 reportable incident Coal

R T G Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rossiter James E
Pleasant City, Guernsey, Guernsey County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303599

MSHA record for R T G #5 (mine ID 3303599). 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
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. R T G Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

R T G #5 sits in Guernsey County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.7% 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.
Guernsey County, Ohio · Population 38,283
3.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,756
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

January 12, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R T G Inc · Fall onto or against objects

BACKED TOO CLOSE TO BANK AS A RESULT OF STEERING FAILURE, THEN PARKED THE MACHINE RATHER THAN RISK WORSENING THE POSITION OF THE MACHINE. OPERATOR UPON LEAVING MACHINE, AFTER SHUTTING IT DOWN , FELL ON LOOSE ROCKS.