END LOADER WAS BEING HOISTED TO SURFACE AT APPORX 620\ FROM SURFACE THE 5/8" WIRE ROPE SLING BREAKING STRENGTH 15 TONS ATTACHED TO THE MACHINE BROKE OBVIOUSLY THE ROPE HAD A FLAW UNDETECTABLE BY VISUAL INSPECTION MACHINE DROPPED POSSIBLY 6 TO 8\ AND WEDGED IN SHAFT. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS DOWN TO EITHER THE SHAFT OR MACHINE
Barnett Complex Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Ozark-Mahoning Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Pennwalt Corp
Pope County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101599
MSHA record for Barnett Complex Mine (mine ID 1101599). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Aug 1983
Ownership history
- Ozark-Mahoning Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Barnett Complex Mine sits in Pope County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Pope County, Illinois · Population 3,757
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$62,500
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1983 · 3 incidents
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Accident type, without injuries
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EE WAS MOVING ROCK BOULDERS, ONE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT HAND.
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ORE THROUGH GRIZZLY, STRAINED LEFT SIDE (HERNIA).