Mining Incidents

Owen Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Romero Richard
Switz City, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202122

MSHA record for Owen Mine (mine ID 1202122). 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
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Northern Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1992
  2. Shamrock Mining Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  3. Northern Coal Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Owen Mine sits in Greene County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Greene County, Indiana · Population 30,954
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$59,753
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

1993 · 3 incidents

November 8, 1993 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM LUBIRICATION TRUCK. HE STEPPED ON AN OILY PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND TISTED HIS ANKLE.

September 27, 1993 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING BACKFILL MATERIAL TO DUMP AREA BULLDOZER HAD LEVELED DUMPED MATERIAL LEAVING 21/2FOOT BERM TRUCK BACKED OVER BERM ONTO PLATEAU & INTO WET MATERIAL RT REAR WHEELS SANK & TR UCK ROLLED 180DEG ONTO TOP SEATBELT WAS FASTENEDBUT WAS NOT SNUG OPERATOR WAS WEARING HARD HAT OPERATORS HEAD HIT TOP OF CAB & WAS CUT BY HARD HAT SUSDENSION

July 16, 1993 IN · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOF SLIPPED AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK FRAME AND PUSH ARM. EMPLOYEE THEN FELL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND WITH HIS FOOT STILL CAUGHT. CONDITIONS WER E DRY AND WORK AREA WAS WELL ILLUMINATED.