Mining Incidents

Deer Ridge Coal

Dale, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202060

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1990–1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
3
inspections on record
13
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 9, 1998 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
United Minerals Company Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED ON JOB RELATED BACK INJURY.

1997 · 3 incidents

July 20, 1997 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS REPAIRING A BATTERY CABLE ON A D-11. WHEN THE LID TO THE BATTERY BOX FELL ON HIS HAND. THE FORCE OF THE LID HITTING HIS HAND OPENED A 1--1-1/2" CUT ACROSS A KNUCKLE ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 27, 1997 IN · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company Llc · Fall onto or against objects

THE EE WAS TRYING TO HOLD A AIRLINE IN PLACE SO IT COULD BE REFASTENED. THE TARP STRAP THE EE WAS PULLING TORE CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD STRIING HISMOUTH ON A METAL BRACKET RESULITING WITH 3 BROKEN TEETH.

June 13, 1997 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STRUCK A PIN WITH A HAMMER, PART OF THE PIN SHEARED OFF STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE THIGH.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1996 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTING WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM ABOVE HIS RIGHT KNEE.

March 15, 1996 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS SHOVELIGN COAL THAT HAD SPILLED BENEATH THE CLEAN COAL COLLECTION BELT WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BELT JAMMING OR STRAINING A MUSCLE IN THE SIDE OF HIS NECK.

1995 · 5 incidents

September 15, 1995 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING TS-24 SCRAPER HIT SOME ROUGH AREA ON HAUL ROAD CAUSING THE MACHINE TO BOUNCE STRAIKING HIS ELBOW ON THE DOOR

August 14, 1995 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING STRAW BALE FELL OFF & WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THE STEICK OF THE BALE TO THE HEAD HIT RIGHT ARM

June 23, 1995 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company Llc · Struck against a moving object

BOUNCING & JARRING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME IN LOADER HAS CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN.

May 12, 1995 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOOM ON SKIP LOADER WAS NOT PROPERLY PINED OR BLOCKED AGAINST MOTION WHILE REPAIRING A HYDRAULIC LINE. THE MACHINE BOOM AND BUCKET ROLLED BACKPINNING THE VICTIM AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE LOADER.

1993 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1993 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKER WAS SERVICING DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE & FELL INJURING HIS BACK

September 7, 1993 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING SCRAPER ON HAUL ROAD, JARRED BACK.

August 13, 1993 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPAIRING LOW COAL BELT KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER.

June 20, 1993 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE SHAFT IN A D11 BULLDOZER, WHILE LIFTING AND PULLING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT HE PULLED HIS STOMACH/ABDOMEN MUSCLES. WILL HAVE HERNIA SURGERY ON 6-22-93.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1991 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING BRACE ARM ON D7 PULLED LOWER BACK.

August 2, 1991 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING INJECTOR JACK IN SCRAPPER PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO EYE. Y

1990 · 2 incidents

December 31, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
United Minerals Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE WORKING IN THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL HOUSE SWITCHING WIRES ON A PANEL THAT WAS SHUT OFF BUT ACCIDENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH HOT WIRE CAUSING FLASH BURNS.

July 6, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WORKING ON BREAKER SLIPPED.