Mining Incidents

Star Strip: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Busler Charles D
Shawnee, Perry County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300992

MSHA record for Star Strip (mine ID 3300992). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Star Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Star Mining Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Star Strip 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

1988 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1988 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED MUSCLES IN GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING A SET OF TRACKS

March 2, 1988 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Star Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TIGHTENING TRACK ON DRAGLINE. BLOCKING SLIPPED OUT, JACK FELL ON LEFT HAND. WHEN JACK FELL IT DROPPED ABOUT 2 FT.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 5, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Star Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

FUELING DOZER,SLIPPED IN OIL FELL TO GROUND HURTING ARM,ELBOW & SHOULDER.

February 4, 1987 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Star Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED DOWN 3' SPRAINED ANKLE.