Mining Incidents

Alfordsville Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal

Solar Sources Inc · Surface
Controlled by White Stallion Energy
Loogootee, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202017

MSHA record for Alfordsville Mine (mine ID 1202017). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1989–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. B F C Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1992
  2. B F C Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1992
  3. Solar Sources Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alfordsville Mine sits in Daviess County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Daviess County, Indiana · Population 33,442
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$68,561
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 28, 1992 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solar Sources Inc · Fall from ladders

DISMANTLING A PORTABLE WASH PLANT.EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN LADDER TO SMALL CATWALK.THE LANDING BEHIND THE CATWALK HAD BEEN REMOVED BY THE EMPLOYEE EARLIER.HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER TO WHERE THE LAND

1991 · 5 incidents

November 3, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HAD FUEL ON CLOTHES GOT TOO CLOSE TO FIRE BARREL BURNED RIGHT HAND & RIGHT LEG

September 27, 1991 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING SIDE OF BELT ON WASH PLANT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF BELT, HIT HIM ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

May 20, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING BEHIND THE HOPPER SHOVELING TAIL WHEEL,PIT TRUCK DUMPING IN HOPPER,SOME COAL CAME OVER THE SIDE HITTING ON TOP OF HEAD.

May 16, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

JACKING UP TAIL WHEEL TO PUT ON A BEARING,COME-A-LONG SLIPPED COMING DOWN ON FINGER.

February 21, 1991 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STANDING BY CONVEYOR DISLODGING A PICE OF COAL SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON THE ANGLE IRON THAT HOLDS THE CONVEYOR IN PLACE AT WASH PLANT.

1990 · 4 incidents

August 12, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING IN WASH PLANT SHOVELING AT HOPPER PIECE OF COAL FELL ON CONCRETE SHATTERING PIECE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE

April 28, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF HOPPER & HIT HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.

March 14, 1990 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OFF TRACK ON D-8 TRACTOR ONTO ROCK ON GROUND TWISSTING ANKLE.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1989 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B F C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING BEARINGS ON GEAR SHAFT WITH A HAMMER, HIT GEAR WITH HAMMER, HAND SLIPPED INTO KEYWAY CAUSING LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND.

August 17, 1989 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B F C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO SCRAPER TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY STEPS WERE SLIPPERY AND WET,HIT CHEST ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE #3 AND 4 RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.