Mining Incidents

Five Star Terminal: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Five Star Terminal Inc · Facility
Controlled by Donald Blankenberger
Troy, Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201742

Five Star Terminal has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
1
inspections on record
6
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 6 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southern Terminals Holdings Inc 1978 to 1993
  2. Five Star Terminal Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
1999 0
1998 1
1997 1
1996 1
1995 4
1994 6
1993 0
1992 0
1991 10
1990 13
1989 12
1988 10
1987 13
1986 12
1985 6
1984 13
1983 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Five Star Terminal sits in Spencer County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Spencer County, Indiana · Population 19,871
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,890
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

July 6, 1988 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Terminals Holdings Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A PUMP (PULLING) WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL CAUSING A SPRAINED TWISTED KNEE.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

May 24, 1984 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Southern Terminals Holdings Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A BARGE BEING MOVED INTO POSTION TO LOAD BY USE OF WINCHES EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET WHEN ONE OF THE WINCHE CABLES BROKE. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER RESULTING IN A BAD SPRAI N OF THE SHOULDER