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Dinken Creek: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Montgomery, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201982

MSHA record for Dinken Creek (mine ID 1201982). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Regional Mining Corp 1986 to 1987
  2. Delta Mining Corp 1987 to 1988
  3. Marigold Mining Inc 1988 to 1989
  4. Marigold Mining Inc 1989 to 1994
  5. United Minerals Company Llc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dinken Creek 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

7 on file

1995 · 1 incident

1992 · 2 incidents

November 6, 1992 IN · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Marigold Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING THE LOADER HAD A JAR TO NECK AND SHOULD AFTER HITTING HOLE IN PIT AREA.

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 3 incidents

September 6, 1990 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marigold Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OFF OF SCRAPER FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON CHAIN, TWISTED AND BROKE WHEN HIT GROUND.

April 6, 1990 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marigold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING IN SCRAPPER JARRED BACK.

March 6, 1990 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marigold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING IN SCRAPER HIT BIG HOLE.