Mining Incidents

Conti Horse #5: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Milligan George
Pinckneyville, Perry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102961

MSHA record for Conti Horse #5 (mine ID 1102961). 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
1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Continental Augering Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Conti Horse #5 sits in Perry County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Perry County, Illinois · Population 20,810
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,286
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

1994 · 1 incident

May 20, 1994 IL · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Continental Augering Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S RT LEG WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CARRAIGE BATTERY OF OPERATORS CAB WHEN CARRIAGE WAS MOVED FORWARD.