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Frontier #3: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Graber Jesse Jr
Brazil, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202128

MSHA record for Frontier #3 (mine ID 1202128). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
Ownership history
  1. Northern Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  2. Excel Resources Inc 1993 to 1993
  3. Northern Coal Company Inc 1993 to 1994
  4. Frontier Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Frontier #3 sits in Clay 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.
Clay County, Indiana · Population 26,431
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,676
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 4 incidents

December 22, 1993 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING BULLDOZER WHEN AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ON DOZER HE SLIPPED & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WET & MUDDY WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT

December 17, 1993 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TENDING CONTROLS AND PICKING GOB ON PORTABLE CRUSHING UNIT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED DOWN THE CONVEYOR AND ONTO HIS FINGER AS HE WAS LOOKING TOWARD COAL FEEDER.

December 8, 1993 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM BULLDOZER. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SHALE WHICH WET & MUDDY. EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN SHALE MOVED FROMUNDER HIS FOOT.

August 31, 1993 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ACESS LADDER TO HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WHILE CARRYING OIL IN A 5 GALLON CAN HIS HAND SLIPPED & HE FELL BACKWARED PULLING MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AS HE LANDED ON THE GROUND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE DRY