Mining Incidents

Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit Coal

Centerpoint, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202294

Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
118
citations
32
significant & substantial
$17,786
proposed penalties
$17,786
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
676
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 676 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-10-07.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 7,216 11 2 1524.4
2006 Q2 20,193 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 24,687 5 0 202.5
2005 Q4 39,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 60,294 14 4 232.2
2005 Q2 51,793 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 51,150 12 2 234.6
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 50,891 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 43,634 12 6 275.0
2004 Q2 41,742 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 41,941 7 1 166.9
2003 Q4 36,303 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 33,857 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 35,375 8 3 226.1
2003 Q1 38,826 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 35,162 6 1 170.6
2002 Q3 35,342 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 29,462 8 3 271.5
2002 Q1 32,617 22 8 674.5
2001 Q4 30,924 2 2 64.7
2001 Q3 27,838 7 0 251.5
2001 Q2 21,269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 20,252 4 0 197.5
2000 Q4 4,225 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 2, 2005 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM TRUCK TO BUS WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER OWN FOOT AND FELL, HURTING LEFT WRIST

2002 · 5 incidents

August 30, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BEING LOADED BY A CAT 992D FRONT END LOADER AND CLAIMED THAT A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED IN THE BED OF THE END DUMP HE WAS DRIVING. THE LARGE ROCK CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHIFT. EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN TRUCK SHIFTED HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

August 23, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEGERATIVE DISK DISEASE WITH EXACERBATION. THIS EE IS AN END DUMP DRIVER AND THE PHYSICIAN CONCLUDED THAT DRIVING THE END DUMP AGGRAVATED HER LOWER BACK AND RECOMMENDED T HAT SHE NOT DRIVE THE END DUM UNTIL SHE IMPROVES

July 22, 2002 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REPAIRING A CAT 785 END DUMP FRAME WHEN AN ERRANT PIECE OF METAL FROM A CO-WORKER'S GRINDER LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS BACK TO THE CO-WORKER'S GRINDING AND HE WAS ALSO WEARING CUTTING GLASSES. DISCOMFORT WAS MILD AT FIRST AND THEN BECAME WORSE. HE WAS SEEN AT THE E.R. WHERE PHYSICIAN REMOVED OBJECT AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

June 17, 2002 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

ON 6-17-02 EE NOTIFIED HER PIT SUPERVISOR THAT SHE HIT A BUMP IN THE HAUL ROAD AND STRUCK HER LEFT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE CAT 785 END DRUM SHE WAS DRIVING EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN THE ENGINEERING TEC PICK TRUCK SO PROF. CAR COULD BE ADMINSTERED. DR EXAMINED EE'S KNEE AND HE RELEASED HER TO RETURN TO WORK ON 6-18-02 WITH RESTRICTED DUTY

May 13, 2002 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RESIZING HYDRAULIC HOSE ENDS. PIN RELEASED FROM HOSE IT PINCHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HOSE END AND RESIZING PIN CREATING A LACERATION ON THE LEFT THUMB.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2001 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS JUMP STARTING A LIGHT PLANT WITH JUMPER CABLES HOOKED FROM THE WELDER ON A SER- VICE TRUCK TO THE BATTERY OF A LIGHT PLANT. AS HE DISCONNECTED THE JUMPER CABLES FROM THE LIGHT PLANT BATTERY IT ARKED, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE. HE HAD CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HIS (R) EYEAND FACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL(ER) WHEREHE WAS EXAMINED. RELEASED BACK TO WORK W/O RESTR

October 1, 2001 IN · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Fall from machine

ON 10-01-01 SHE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. AT THAT TIME THE REPORTED INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. ON 10-2-01, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND EXAMINED BY DR. HER ANKLE WAS X RAYED, THE RESULTS WERE POSITVE CHIP FRACTURE. SHE WAS REFERRED TO THE APS SPORTS CLINIC, FOR APPT SHE WAS SEEN DR AND WAS RELEASE TO RE

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The full compliance file on Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.