Mining Incidents

Beech Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Beech Coal Company · Surface
Clay City, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201991

MSHA record for Beech Mine (mine ID 1201991). 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
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Beech Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Beech Mine sits in Clay County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Clay County, Indiana · Population 26,431
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,676
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

1989 · 1 incident

October 16, 1989 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beech Coal Company · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS USING A HAMMER TO HIT A BOLT ON A DOZER FRAME WHEN A CHIP OF STEEL FROM THE HAMMER FLEW OFF AND HIT THE MECHNIC IN THE LEG.