I.NAME WAS WALK3NG ACROSS THE YARD AREA, GOING FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE OTHER AND STUMBLED ON THE FROZEN TRACKS AND FELL. RECEIVED STITCHES TO THE FOREHEAD AND A BROKEN ARM.
Crown Shop: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Springfield Coal Company LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Jeffrey A Haycraft
Farmersville,
Montgomery County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101889
MSHA record for Crown Shop (mine ID 1101889). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Crown Shop.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Dec 1985
Ownership history
- Freeman United Coal Mining Company 1950 to 2007
- Springfield Coal Company LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Crown Shop sits in Montgomery County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.Montgomery County, Illinois · Population 28,078
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,863
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1985 · 2 incidents
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
January 29, 1985
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE LOADING SCRAP METAL IN A TRAILER I NAME WAS ON A LADDER TO UNHOOK A CHAIN A PIECE OF SCRAP IRON WAS STILL IN THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER AND SLIPPED OUT AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND.
1983 · 1 incident
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)
WORKING IN AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL PANEL WHEN AN ELECTRICAL ARC OCCURRED CAUSING A BURN OT HBIS RIGHT HAND.