Mining Incidents

Parke Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Parke Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Parke Warren W
Petersburg, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200304

MSHA record for Parke Mine (mine ID 1200304). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Parke Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Parke Mine sits in Pike County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Pike County, Indiana · Population 12,187
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 6, 1987 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parke Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TREATMENT FOR R6PTURE MUSCLE CLOSE TO THE SPINAL IN NECK.

1985 · 3 incidents

November 21, 1985 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parke Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CONCRETE PLATFO9M FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING TOE.

September 14, 1985 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parke Coal Company · Fall from machine

ON DOZER WHILE GREASING LOST FOOTING FELL ON TRACK AND PUSH BAR.

August 15, 1985 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parke Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

ATTEMPTING TO SHUT OFF PUMP SLIPPED AND TO KEEP FROM FALLING GRABBED BY ACCIDENT THE EXHAUST PIPE ON PUMP BURNING HAND

1984 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1984 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parke Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PUSHING PIPE TO LOOSEN BOLT ON A 637 SCRAPER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE CUTTING EDGE ON A SCRAPER

1983 · 1 incident