Mining Incidents

Castle Knoll Prep: 1 reportable incident Coal

Fossil Fuels Inc · Facility
Controlled by Rooksby Robert T
Switz City, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201853

MSHA record for Castle Knoll Prep (mine ID 1201853). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Fossil Fuels Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Castle Knoll Prep sits in Greene County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Greene County, Indiana · Population 30,954
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$59,753
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

1983 · 1 incident

June 20, 1983 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Fossil Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE PIN IN LOADER BUCKET WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF CAB REACHED FOR CONTROLLS CAUSING BUCKET TO DROP AND CATCH HIS TWO FINGERS IN BUCKET ARMS