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Simco Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Weslo Inc · Surface
Controlled by Paul E Bryant
Coshocton, Coshocton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304214

MSHA record for Simco Mine (mine ID 3304214). 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
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Weslo Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Simco Mine sits in Coshocton County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Coshocton County, Ohio · Population 36,679
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$54,687
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

1990 · 1 incident

September 4, 1990 OH · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weslo Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MACHINE HAD STOPPED DRILLING.OPERATOR CLIMBED ONTO TOP OF AUGER CAB TO CLEAN AIR CLEANER ON AIR CONDITIONER.WHEN HE FINISHED,HE STEPPED ONTO THE FUEL TANK.HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM; HE FELL ON TO THE HANDRAIL OF THE AUGER.