Mining Incidents

Linton Pit #2 Coal

Controlled by Burke William L
Linton, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201855

MSHA record for Linton Pit #2 (mine ID 1201855). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Feb 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1986 · 1 incident

February 4, 1986 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Great Lakes Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS PULLING3A PUMP OUT OF THE PIT GETTING READY TO TAKE HOSES OFF OF THE WATER PUMP WHEN PRESSURE CAUSED THE HOSE TO BLOW OFF STRAYING THE EMPLOYEE WITH PRESSUREIZED HOT WATER RESULTING IN 1ST AND 2ND DEG9EE BURNS ON HIS ABDOMEN AND RIGHT FOREARM

1984 · 2 incidents

July 11, 1984 IN · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Great Lakes Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS OPENING A CAN OF OIL FOR THE DRILL WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT LEG WITH THE KNIFE.

June 28, 1984 IN · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Great Lakes Coal Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS OPERATING AN INGERSOLL RAND BLASTHOLE DRILL AND WENT TO GET OFF THE D RILL AND SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND

1983 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1983 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Great Lakes Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

IN COMPANY VEHICLE AND SHIFT GEARS INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND RAN RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER INTO HOOD LATCH,RESULTING IN FINGER LACERATION WITH TENDON AVULSION,MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

March 28, 1983 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Great Lakes Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS PICKING UP FIVE GALLON CAN AND FELT ABDOMINAL PAINS WHEN SETTING IT DOWN RESULTING IN PARTIAL TEAR OF INGUINAL FASCIA NO HERNIA

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