Mining Incidents

Indian Springs: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Chaney Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chaney Ralph
Bramble, Martin County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201963

MSHA record for Indian Springs (mine ID 1201963). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Chaney Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Indian Springs sits in Martin County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Martin County, Indiana · Population 9,854
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,345
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

December 10, 1985 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 5N ALTERNATOR AND HIS RT ELBOW FILLED UP WITH FLUID IMMEDIATELY

January 25, 1985 IN · Coal drill operator OTHER
Chaney Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

UNSTRAPPED SHEET METAL DOING WORK PERTAINING TO THE DRILL WIND BLEW IT OFF OF THE DRILL

January 24, 1985 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chaney Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

DISMANTLING A D-9 BLADE REMOVING A PIN,PIN CAME FREE A PIECE OF THE BLADE DROPPED & MASHED MIDDLE FINGER.