Mining Incidents

Bicknell #1 Coal

Controlled by Union Miniere S A
Bicknell, Knox County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201708

MSHA record for Bicknell #1 (mine ID 1201708). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

March 6, 1984 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bicknell Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING PUMP HOSE SLIPPED AND STRINED BACK, CAUSING SLIPPED DISC.

1983 · 4 incidents

October 3, 1983 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bicknell Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS USING A WHEELBARROW WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OVER IT. HURTING HIS BACK.

July 20, 1983 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bicknell Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON LADDER ON MACHINE WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED SMASHING HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER

July 10, 1983 IN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bicknell Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WELDING ON DRAGLINE WHEN GROUND CLAMP OF WELDING MACHINE CAME LOOSE AND SLIPPED OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREHEAD JUST OVER RIGHT EYE

June 2, 1983 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bicknell Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THREW BACK OUT OF PLACE, BY TAKING DRIVE LINE OUT OF H8 WABCO.

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