Mining Incidents

Cardonia Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eder James
Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200262

MSHA record for Cardonia Pit (mine ID 1200262). 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
1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Log Cabin Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cardonia Pit 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

1990 · 1 incident

August 20, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Log Cabin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON SHOVEL DROPPED BOLT INSERTING IN BUCKET TRIED TO CATCH THE BOLT BEFORE HIT THE GROUND AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN ARM