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Catfish Valley Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

J L S Inc · Surface
Controlled by Sargent Jon
Evanston, Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202132

Catfish Valley Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
Ownership history
  1. United Minerals Inc 1993 to 1993
  2. J L S Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 5
1993 13 57,438
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Catfish Valley Mine sits in Spencer 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.
Spencer County, Indiana · Population 19,871
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,890
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

January 27, 1994 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
J L S Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALL MINING WAS HALTED WHILE A HIGHWALL SHOT WAS DETONATED ALL ROADS AND ACCESS TO THE AREA WAS BLOCKED WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETONATED A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK ONE IN DIAMTER HIT A SCRAPER OPERATO R IN THE NECK. THE SCRAPER WERE PARRED 4 TO 5 HUNDRED FEET SOUTH OF THE SHOT.

1993 · 1 incident

October 27, 1993 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J L S Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LAODER HE WAS OPERATING. HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE LAODER STEP AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE PERRY COUNTY HOSPITAL. DIAGNOI SIS WAS BROKEN ANKLE.