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Hoosierville: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Graber Jesse Jr
Brazil, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202078

MSHA record for Hoosierville (mine ID 1202078). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Ownership history
  1. Marks Coal Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hoosierville 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

5 on file

1991 · 1 incident

April 10, 1991 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marks Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER SLID ON LOOSE DIRT TURNED OVER ON SIDE

1990 · 4 incidents

November 16, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marks Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL CRUSHING MACHINE WHEN HE FELL OFF & LANDED ON THE GROUND

November 9, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Marks Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WHILE OPERATING CRUSHING PLANT SMASHED HAND UNDER SOME COAL

October 30, 1990 IN · Coal superintendent ELECTRICAL
Marks Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN A DIESEL ENGINE BY CUTTING A FUEL LINE WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY CUT INTO A POWER CABLE.

October 3, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Marks Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING COAL CRUSHING PLANT & GOT DUST IN HIS EYE