Mining Incidents

Hays Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Beaumont Thomas
Worthington, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202046

MSHA record for Hays Mine (mine ID 1202046). 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
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. B & P Excavating Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hays Mine sits in Greene County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Greene County, Indiana · Population 30,954
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$59,753
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 13, 1989 IN · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & P Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RELAYING 50 LB EXPLOSIVES BAG OF ANFO AND L THUMB AND INDEX FINGER WERE BENT BACK

January 19, 1989 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & P Excavating Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL WITH HAND SHOVEL.ALTHOUGH WARNED ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS TO WEAR HIS HARD HAT,HE WAS NOT EWARING IT WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM SPOIL BANK AND STRU CK HIM ON HIS SCALP.15 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.