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Commercial Pit: 1 reportable incident Coal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface
Cannelburg, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201862

Commercial Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Midnight Sun Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
  2. Midnight Sun Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  3. Midnight Sun Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1985
  4. Rogers Group Inc 1985 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)
1986 4
1985 43 217,069
1984 31 245,097
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Commercial Pit sits in Daviess County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Daviess County, Indiana · Population 33,442
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$68,561
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 30, 1985 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING ROLLER FROM D9H DOZER AND CUT THIS THUMB ON A PIECE OF SHARP METAL FIVE STITCHES WERE USED TO SEW UP THUMB MECHANICS RETURNED TO WORK AT NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.