Mining Incidents

SHM System-77 Coal

Controlled by Daniel W Bunn
Lynnville, IN, Warrick County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407288

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2013–2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
78
citations
31
significant & substantial
$90,392
proposed penalties
$47,141
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 Q4 4,446 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,903 1 0 204.0
2025 Q2 2,634 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,318 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 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

3 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

December 5, 2017 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Omega Highwall Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing a pin from the right angle of the Highwall Miner with a pry bar. The pry bar kicked back from the tension and pinning EE's left hand on the tail chain and striking EE on the head.

2013 · 1 incident

October 31, 2013 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Omega Highwall Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a slate bar to remove pins from the right angle conveyor as the pin was dislodged, the shifting weight of the conveyor caused the slate bar to pivot upwards, causing the slate bar to strike him on the right cheek.