Mining Incidents

Mine #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Surefire Coal Inc · Facility
Controlled by Tucker Dempsey
Duquoin, Perry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102839

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1102839). 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
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Surefire Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 sits in Perry County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Perry County, Illinois · Population 20,810
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,286
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

1987 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1987 IL · Coal security guard, watchman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Surefire Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING 5 WHEELBARROW & THE HANDLE BROKE & IT TWISTED EES LOWER BACK.

May 28, 1987 IL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Surefire Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WIND SLAMMED DO2R SHUT, INJURING LEFT RING FINGER