Mining Incidents

Alfordsville Mine Coal

Solar Sources Inc · Surface
Controlled by White Stallion Energy
Loogootee, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202017

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1989–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 28, 1992 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solar Sources Inc · Fall from ladders

DISMANTLING A PORTABLE WASH PLANT.EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN LADDER TO SMALL CATWALK.THE LANDING BEHIND THE CATWALK HAD BEEN REMOVED BY THE EMPLOYEE EARLIER.HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER TO WHERE THE LAND

1991 · 5 incidents

November 3, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HAD FUEL ON CLOTHES GOT TOO CLOSE TO FIRE BARREL BURNED RIGHT HAND & RIGHT LEG

September 27, 1991 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING SIDE OF BELT ON WASH PLANT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF BELT, HIT HIM ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

May 20, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING BEHIND THE HOPPER SHOVELING TAIL WHEEL,PIT TRUCK DUMPING IN HOPPER,SOME COAL CAME OVER THE SIDE HITTING ON TOP OF HEAD.

May 16, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

JACKING UP TAIL WHEEL TO PUT ON A BEARING,COME-A-LONG SLIPPED COMING DOWN ON FINGER.

February 21, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STANDING BY CONVEYOR DISLODGING A PICE OF COAL SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON THE ANGLE IRON THAT HOLDS THE CONVEYOR IN PLACE AT WASH PLANT.

1990 · 4 incidents

August 12, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING IN WASH PLANT SHOVELING AT HOPPER PIECE OF COAL FELL ON CONCRETE SHATTERING PIECE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE

April 28, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF HOPPER & HIT HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.

March 14, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OFF TRACK ON D-8 TRACTOR ONTO ROCK ON GROUND TWISSTING ANKLE.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1989 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING BEARINGS ON GEAR SHAFT WITH A HAMMER, HIT GEAR WITH HAMMER, HAND SLIPPED INTO KEYWAY CAUSING LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND.

August 17, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO SCRAPER TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY STEPS WERE SLIPPERY AND WET,HIT CHEST ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE #3 AND 4 RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.