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Rice #10 (Strip): 1 reportable incident 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
Ownership history
  1. R & F Coal Company 1996 to 1998
  2. R & F Coal Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rice #10 (Strip) sits in Muskingum County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Muskingum County, Ohio · Population 86,382
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,203
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

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.