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Union Slag #3: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Union Slag Corp · Surface
Controlled by Hune Josephine
Washington County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3302611

MSHA record for Union Slag #3 (mine ID 3302611). 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
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Union Slag Corp 1950 to 1985
  2. Union Slag Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Union Slag #3 sits in Washington County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Washington County, Ohio · Population 59,318
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$61,355
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

1987 · 1 incident

November 24, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Union Slag Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS OPER5TING STOCK TRUCDK IA 1600 BATTERY WENT DEAD, EMPLOYEE BROUGHT #5 CAT 944 ENDLOADER TO PULL TRUCK AND SUMP START IT. WHEN I,NAME WAS HOOKING UP CHAIN TO TRUCK, BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD ON ENDLOA8ER. PINNING I,NAME TO ENDLOADER AND TRUCK. EMERGENCY SQUAD WAS CALLED I,NAME WAS WALKING AROUND, AND SEEMS TO BE OKAY THEY CHECKD HIM OVER, AND SAID HE WAS OKAY BUT HE WOULD BE