Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Owen County, Indiana

Owen County, Indiana has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 14 abandoned. 9 are coal mines and 6 metal or non-metal. 38 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2003. Inspectors have issued 356 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Owen 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 Owen County →

Mines on register
15
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
356
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 9 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 14 abandoned 38 reported accidents, 1984–2003
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.
Owen County, Indiana · Population 21,434
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,586
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
Rogers Group Inc 3 0 0
Bybee Stone Company Inc 1 0 0
Haviland Brothers 1 0 0
Hesco Inc 1 0 0
J H & L Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Little Sandy Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. 1 0 0
Northern Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
P-Burg Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Schopmeyer Mining 1 0 0
Mines in Owen County15 on register
  1. Gosport Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Watson Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 1202490
    Intermittent
  2. Pond Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Little Sandy Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1202098
    Abandoned
  3. Owen Valley Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 1200139
    Abandoned
  4. Gosport Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 1201997
    Abandoned
  5. Spencer Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 1200003
    Abandoned
  6. Pond Creek No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · Triad Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1202284
    Abandoned
  7. Bush Mine
    Surface coal · J H & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1201791
    Abandoned
  8. Coal City Pit
    Surface coal · Northern Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1202144
    Abandoned
  9. Haviland Bros
    Surface coal · Haviland Brothers · MSHA ID 1201433
    Abandoned
  10. Hendricks No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Hesco Inc · MSHA ID 1201765
    Abandoned
  11. Lick Creek
    Surface coal · United Minerals Company Llc · MSHA ID 1202195
    Abandoned
  12. P-Burg Strip Mine
    Surface coal · P-Burg Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1201424
    Abandoned
  13. Pit Apollo No 1
    Surface coal · Schopmeyer Mining · MSHA ID 1201764
    Abandoned
  14. Spencer Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 1200663
    Abandoned
  15. Wcb Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bybee Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 1202030
    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.