Mining Incidents

Rice #10 (Strip) Coal

R & F Coal Company · Surface
Adamsville, Muskingum County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304374

MSHA record for Rice #10 (Strip) (mine ID 3304374). 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
1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 30, 1998 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
R & F Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE CONTRACT MECHANIC BEGAN CHANGING OUT A LEFT HOIST CYLINDER ON A 992C CAT LOADER. THE CYLINDER WAS BEING HELD BY BOOM/CABLE SLING FROM MECH'S TRUCK. MECHINIC WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE POSITI ONING CYLINDER. THE CABLE OF THE BOOM WAS ON A BIND. THE CABLE BECAME VERTICAL WHILE THE MECHANIC'S LEFT HAND WAS GUIDING THE CYLINDER WHICH SUDDENLY MOVED PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN METAL.

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The full compliance file on Rice #10 (Strip)

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.