Mining Incidents

Lord'S Pit #10: 3 reportable incidents Coal

R & R Coal Inc · Surface
Pimento, Vigo County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202012

Lord'S Pit #10 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. R & R Coal Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 1
1993 1
1992 13 54,255
1991 11 48,630
1990 33 178,344
1989 22 142,042
1988 20 91,379
1987 18 14,508
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lord'S Pit #10 sits in Vigo County, Indiana, 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.
Vigo County, Indiana · Population 106,201
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,525
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

December 13, 1990 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & R Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS DRAINING OIL FROM TRAMMER CAME OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK & HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK DRAIN PIPE.

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1989 · 1 incident

June 26, 1989 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
R & R Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MECHANIC HAD THE RADIATOR FROM A CATIPILLAR D-7 DOZER HANGING ON THE BOOM OF HIS AUTOCRANE HE WAS WORKING ON THE RADIATOR WHEN THE THREADS IN THE LIFTING EYE PULLED OUT AND THE RADIATOR CA ME DOWN ON HIS ARM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST MUSCLES

1987 · 1 incident

November 16, 1987 IN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
R & R Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO HYDRAULIC C9ANES WERE BEING USED TO SET A LARGE BEAM IN PLACE. THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING ONE CRANE TO OVERTURN. THE OPERATOR WAS PINNED UNDER THE MACHINE, RESULTING IN THE AMPUTATION OF HS RIGHT HAND. 3