Mining Incidents

Kerns Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth E Steiner Jr
Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202455

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$571
proposed penalties
$571
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2018 · 1 incident

October 16, 2018 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S&G Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on the drag bucket to knock the drag cable out of the crow foot on the bucket. When EE tossed a drag chain out of the way it struck EE's foot causing EE to jump to the ground (1 1/2' down) and subsequently twisted knee. Mild strain of knee.