Mining Incidents

Eel River Mine Coal

Coal Power Inc · Surface
Controlled by Major Jeffery R
Lewis, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201969

MSHA record for Eel River Mine (mine ID 1201969). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

June 17, 1989 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Power Inc · Fall from machine

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON 355 KOMATSU DOZER. AS HE WAS STEPPING BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THE MACHINE HE TRIPPED ON THE SEGMENTS THAT WERE BEHIND HIM.

1988 · 1 incident

January 14, 1988 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Coal Power Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS CLEA9ING BRUSH ON FROZEN GROUND. DOZER HIT PATCH OF ICE LOOSING TRACTION,SLIDING. DOZER OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE.

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