Mining Incidents

Catfish Valley Mine Coal

J L S Inc · Surface
Controlled by Sargent Jon
Evanston, Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202132

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

January 27, 1994 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
J L S Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALL MINING WAS HALTED WHILE A HIGHWALL SHOT WAS DETONATED ALL ROADS AND ACCESS TO THE AREA WAS BLOCKED WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETONATED A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK ONE IN DIAMTER HIT A SCRAPER OPERATO R IN THE NECK. THE SCRAPER WERE PARRED 4 TO 5 HUNDRED FEET SOUTH OF THE SHOT.

1993 · 1 incident

October 27, 1993 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J L S Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LAODER HE WAS OPERATING. HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE LAODER STEP AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE PERRY COUNTY HOSPITAL. DIAGNOI SIS WAS BROKEN ANKLE.