Mining Incidents

Wharton Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

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

MSHA record for Wharton Strip (mine ID 3303687). 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
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wharton Supply Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.