Mining Incidents

Old Hickory Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Eder James
Carbon, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201814

MSHA record for Old Hickory Tipple (mine ID 1201814). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Log Cabin Coal Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Old Hickory Tipple 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

June 3, 1986 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Log Cabin Coal Company · Fall from machine

TRUCK DRIVER WA8 IN BED OF LOADED TRUCK, LEVELING LOAD, WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM TRUCK BED.