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Wharton Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Jay Hall Jr
Union Furnace, Hocking County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303687

Wharton Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wharton Supply Company 1978 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)
1986 8 22,414
1985 8 68,087
1984 13 118,453
1983 4 75,705
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wharton Strip sits in Hocking 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.
Hocking County, Ohio · Population 27,938
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,366
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

1984 · 1 incident

March 6, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Wharton Supply Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D9G TRACTOR WITH BLADE. HE WAS BACKING UP AND RAN OVER A ROCK AND THE VIBRATION CAUSED BACK PAIN.