Mining Incidents

Frontier #3 Coal

Controlled by Graber Jesse Jr
Brazil, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202128

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 4 incidents

December 22, 1993 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING BULLDOZER WHEN AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ON DOZER HE SLIPPED & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WET & MUDDY WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT

December 17, 1993 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TENDING CONTROLS AND PICKING GOB ON PORTABLE CRUSHING UNIT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED DOWN THE CONVEYOR AND ONTO HIS FINGER AS HE WAS LOOKING TOWARD COAL FEEDER.

December 8, 1993 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM BULLDOZER. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SHALE WHICH WET & MUDDY. EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN SHALE MOVED FROMUNDER HIS FOOT.

August 31, 1993 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ACESS LADDER TO HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WHILE CARRYING OIL IN A 5 GALLON CAN HIS HAND SLIPPED & HE FELL BACKWARED PULLING MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AS HE LANDED ON THE GROUND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE DRY