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Alford Pit: 1 reportable incident Coal

Spencer Coal Corp · Surface
Dale, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201977

MSHA record for Alford Pit (mine ID 1201977). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Spencer Coal Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alford Pit sits in Pike County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Indiana · Population 12,187
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 18, 1986 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Spencer Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WEATHER- RAININ1 AND WET CONDITIONS SCRAPERS WERE IN PUSHING AND PULLING OPERATION REAR SCRAPER HIT FRONT SCRAPER BEFORE HE WAS PREPARED FOR PUCHING POERATION THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED SOME SORENESS IN BAC5 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND NO INJURIES WERE FOUND BY DR POSSIBLY HAD A PULLED MUSCLE