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Riverside Dock: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by United Company
Proctorville, Lawrence County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303600

MSHA record for Riverside Dock (mine ID 3303600). 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
1995
Latest incident
Jun 1995
Ownership history
  1. Riverside Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Riverside Dock sits in Lawrence County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Ohio · Population 57,385
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,842
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

1995 · 1 incident

June 6, 1995 OH · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REMOVING FACE WIRE FROM THE BARGE AND HE WAS SWINGING, PULLING THE WIRE ROPE INTO POSITION ON THE BOAT, AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THIS ACCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED ALTHOUGH IT OCCURED WHI LE ON A BOAT ON THE OHIO RIVER, AND NOT ON MSHA INSPECTED PERMITTED PROPERTY.