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Shawnee Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by James F Graham
Shawnee, Perry County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303529

Shawnee Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Feb 1986
Ownership history
  1. Shawnee Coal Company 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 0
1987 2 3,285
1986 14 48,010
1985 19 101,911
1984 18 100,968
1983 11 68,498
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Shawnee Mine sits in Perry County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Perry County, Ohio · Population 35,474
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,737
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 1 incident

February 18, 1986 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Shawnee Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING WAS O1ERATING A TS24 PAN. HE CAME OUT OF PIT WITH A LOAD OF DIRT ONTO THE FILL. HE GOT TO CLOSE TO EDGE OF FILL CAUSING PAN TO ROLL ON ITS LOST SIDE. OPERATOR REPORTED HE WAS NOT INJ URED AT THAT TI4E OF ACCIDENT. DID NOT FILE FOR ANY BENEFITS UNTIL 7-17-86.

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1984 · 2 incidents

October 30, 1984 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Shawnee Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK PIPE ON DOZER BLADE HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE HOOKING CHAIN WHEN OPERATOR LOWERED BLADE TOG ROUND. BLADE WAS ABOUT 5" FROM GROUND. EES LEFT FOOT WAS UNDER BLADE. THE OP ERATOR THOUGHT EE WAS IN THE CLEAR OF BLADE.

June 5, 1984 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

REMOVED RADIATOR CAP FROM EUCLID SCRAPER TO CHECK WATER. PRESSURE FROM ENGINE CAUSED HOT STEAM TO BLOW OUT ON OPER.

1983 · 1 incident