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Ohio River Dock: 2 reportable incidents Coal

New Hope Dock Corp · Facility
Controlled by Don Foertsch
Grandview, Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202050

Ohio River Dock has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
2
inspections on record
6
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: 6 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. New Hope Dock Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 8
2000 0
1999 0
1998 0
1997 1
1996 0
1995 2
1994 6
1993 7
1992 7
1991 5
1990 5
1989 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ohio River Dock sits in Spencer 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.
Spencer County, Indiana · Population 19,871
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,890
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2001 Q4 3,369 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 7, 1993 IN · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Hope Dock Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING 7/8" BARGE CABLE WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF STOMACH AREA.

1990 · 1 incident

March 14, 1990 IN · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
New Hope Dock Corp · Flash burns (electric)

A SHORT BETWEEN FUSES ON WINCH CONTROL CAUSED FLASH AND HEAT. POSSIBLE COAL AND DIRT BUILD-UP AROUND FUSES.