Mining Incidents

Rayland Harbor: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Rayland Harbor Inc · Facility
Rayland, Jefferson County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304273

MSHA record for Rayland Harbor (mine ID 3304273). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1992–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Rayland Harbor Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rayland Harbor sits in Jefferson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Jefferson County, Ohio · Population 64,855
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,983
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 22, 1995 OH · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rayland Harbor Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SUBJECT WAS OUT ON A BARGE ON THE OHIO RIVER, TIEING OFF THE BARGE ROPE. AS HE WENT TO STEP OVER THE ELEVATED ROPE HE MISJUDGED IT AND TRIPPED ON THE ROPE AND FELL ONTO THE BOW HATCH AND STRUC K HIS LOWER BACK (KIDNEY AREA).

1994 · 1 incident

February 4, 1994 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Rayland Harbor Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ON THE FEEDER BELT CLEANING FROZEN ACCUMULATION OF COAL PARTLES FROM UNDER THE CRUSHER AREA AND A LARGE FROZEN CHUNK OF COAL FELL OFF OF STEEL PLATE ABOVE CRUSHER AND PINNED HIM ACROSS THE MID-SECTION.

1993 · 3 incidents

September 30, 1993 OH · Coal welder (shop) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Rayland Harbor Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN HE WENT DOWN THE EMBANKMENT TO WORK AREA HIS FOOTING WENT OUT ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON 10-6-93 HE SAID THE KNEE WAS HURTING WORSE I TOLD HIM TO GO TO A DR A ND HAVE IT CHECKED.

August 27, 1993 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rayland Harbor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT HAD JUST LEFT EMPTY BARGE ONTO THE LOADED ONE WHEN THE SLIDE LINE ROPE SLID ON CABLE

June 21, 1993 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rayland Harbor Inc · Fall from machine

SUBJECT SAID HE SLIPPED GETTING ONTO MACHINE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PATCH OF OIL.

1992 · 1 incident

September 25, 1992 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Rayland Harbor Inc · Struck by flying object

SUBJECT SAID HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS EYE (APPR 4PM FRIDAY) BUT DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME, BUT AFTER WORKING ALL DAY MONDAY, 9-29-92 IT STARTED TO REALLY HURT. HE WENT TO E ROOM MONDAY EVENING AND THEY FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL.