Mining Incidents

Deer Creek Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Spencer Coal Corp · Surface
Gatchel, Perry County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201967

MSHA record for Deer Creek Mine (mine ID 1201967). 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
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Spencer Coal Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Deer Creek Mine sits in Perry County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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, Indiana · Population 19,218
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,099
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

1986 · 1 incident

January 24, 1986 IN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Spencer Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRIVING A B9ARING INTO A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A PUNCH WHEN FRAGMENTS WERE DRIVEN INTO HIS FINGER. FRAGMENTS WERE CUT OUT & STITCHES WERE THEN REQUIRED.