Mining Incidents

Hm Shaft Or Hm Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Ozark-Mahoning Company · Underground
Controlled by Pennwalt Corp
Hardin County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101603

MSHA record for Hm Shaft Or Hm Mine (mine ID 1101603). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Ozark-Mahoning Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hm Shaft Or Hm Mine sits in Hardin County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Hardin County, Illinois · Population 3,623
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,155
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 3, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, SEVERLY SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.