Mining Incidents

Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit Coal

Centerpoint, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202294

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
118
citations
32
significant & substantial
$17,786
proposed penalties
$17,786
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 7,216 11 2 1524.4
2006 Q2 20,193 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 24,687 5 0 202.5
2005 Q4 39,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 60,294 14 4 232.2
2005 Q2 51,793 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 51,150 12 2 234.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 2, 2005 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM TRUCK TO BUS WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER OWN FOOT AND FELL, HURTING LEFT WRIST

2002 · 5 incidents

August 30, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BEING LOADED BY A CAT 992D FRONT END LOADER AND CLAIMED THAT A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED IN THE BED OF THE END DUMP HE WAS DRIVING. THE LARGE ROCK CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHIFT. EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN TRUCK SHIFTED HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

August 23, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEGERATIVE DISK DISEASE WITH EXACERBATION. THIS EE IS AN END DUMP DRIVER AND THE PHYSICIAN CONCLUDED THAT DRIVING THE END DUMP AGGRAVATED HER LOWER BACK AND RECOMMENDED T HAT SHE NOT DRIVE THE END DUM UNTIL SHE IMPROVES

July 22, 2002 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REPAIRING A CAT 785 END DUMP FRAME WHEN AN ERRANT PIECE OF METAL FROM A CO-WORKER'S GRINDER LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS BACK TO THE CO-WORKER'S GRINDING AND HE WAS ALSO WEARING CUTTING GLASSES. DISCOMFORT WAS MILD AT FIRST AND THEN BECAME WORSE. HE WAS SEEN AT THE E.R. WHERE PHYSICIAN REMOVED OBJECT AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

June 17, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

ON 6-17-02 EE NOTIFIED HER PIT SUPERVISOR THAT SHE HIT A BUMP IN THE HAUL ROAD AND STRUCK HER LEFT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE CAT 785 END DRUM SHE WAS DRIVING EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN THE ENGINEERING TEC PICK TRUCK SO PROF. CAR COULD BE ADMINSTERED. DR EXAMINED EE'S KNEE AND HE RELEASED HER TO RETURN TO WORK ON 6-18-02 WITH RESTRICTED DUTY

May 13, 2002 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RESIZING HYDRAULIC HOSE ENDS. PIN RELEASED FROM HOSE IT PINCHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HOSE END AND RESIZING PIN CREATING A LACERATION ON THE LEFT THUMB.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2001 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS JUMP STARTING A LIGHT PLANT WITH JUMPER CABLES HOOKED FROM THE WELDER ON A SER- VICE TRUCK TO THE BATTERY OF A LIGHT PLANT. AS HE DISCONNECTED THE JUMPER CABLES FROM THE LIGHT PLANT BATTERY IT ARKED, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE. HE HAD CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HIS (R) EYEAND FACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL(ER) WHEREHE WAS EXAMINED. RELEASED BACK TO WORK W/O RESTR

October 1, 2001 IN · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Fall from machine

ON 10-01-01 SHE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. AT THAT TIME THE REPORTED INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. ON 10-2-01, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND EXAMINED BY DR. HER ANKLE WAS X RAYED, THE RESULTS WERE POSITVE CHIP FRACTURE. SHE WAS REFERRED TO THE APS SPORTS CLINIC, FOR APPT SHE WAS SEEN DR AND WAS RELEASE TO RE