Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Macoupin County, Illinois

Macoupin County, Illinois has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 3 abandoned. 3 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 3,112 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2020. Inspectors have issued 9,848 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Macoupin County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Macoupin County →

Mines on register
4
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
9,848
2 underground · 1 surface · 1 facilities 3 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 3 abandoned 3,112 reported accidents, 1983–2020
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.
Macoupin County, Illinois · Population 44,566
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$68,518
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
J. Oros Properties LLC 1 0 1
MaRyan Mining LLC 1 0 0
Springfield Coal Company LLC 1 0 0
Steve Gilbert 1 0 0
Mines in Macoupin County4 on register
  1. Shay #1 Mine
    Facility coal · MaRyan Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1100726
    NonProducing
  2. Crown III Mine
    Underground coal · J. Oros Properties LLC · MSHA ID 1102632
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. Crown II Mine
    Underground coal · Springfield Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1102236
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. Sand Lake Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Gilbert · MSHA ID 1102959
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.