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Vanderrick Coal

Turris Coal Company · Facility

Controlled by Zeigler Coal Holding Company

Daylight, Vanderburgh County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1201677

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1988–1990
Latest incident: Sep 1990

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 25, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Turris Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PLANT MANLIFT TO DESCEND LADDER FROM 4TH TO 1ST FLOOR. LADDER GOT CAUGHT IN STRUCTURE FORCING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP APPROX. 10' TO 3RD FLOOR LEVEL. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET TH EN ROLLED OVER.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1988 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SCRAP TIN FROM SITE AND PUTTING INTO DUMPSTER FOR HAULING AWAY. TIN SHIFTED BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE. HE GRASPED MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO RING FINGER LEFT HAND. FINGE REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.

January 30, 1988 IN · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Turris Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS LYING FACE UP UNDER A FEEDER BREAKER TIGHTENING A BOLT, HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH-BREAKING OFF HIS TWO FRONT TEETH.