Mining Incidents

Phoenix Mine No 1: 12 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Brown John T
Thompsonville, Williamson County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102908

MSHA record for Phoenix Mine No 1 (mine ID 1102908). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. Phoenix Mining Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Phoenix Mine No 1 sits in Williamson County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Williamson County, Illinois · Population 66,902
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,521
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 9 incidents

December 1, 1992 IL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF FUELING 988B ENDLOADER AND AS HE STARTED TO CLIMB MOUTNING LADDER ON LOADER, HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM HOLD ON LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE D10N DOZER TRA CK WITH HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE STATED THA THE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PAIN FROM INJURY EXCEPT FOR SOME RECENT DISCOMFORT AND DECIDED TO HAVE HIS BACK X-RAYED ON 12-14-92.

November 16, 1992 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM D10N CATERPILLAR DOZER, SLIPPED AND HIT ELBOW ON DOZER TRACK.

November 3, 1992 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING METAL SURFACE ON PUMP HOUSING USING 4IN HAND GRINDER & HIS RT HAND EVIDENTLY SLIPPED AT SWITCH LOCATION ON GRINDER WHEN GRINDER KICKED BACK FROM GRINDING SURFACE WITH RT INDEX FINGER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH GRINDING DCAUSING LAERATION OF THIS FINGER AT KNUCKLE

September 11, 1992 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

DOOR OF PIT HAUL TRUCK WAS APPARENTLY STUCK AND WOULD NOT OPEN. DRIVER TRIED TO FORCE DOOR OPEN USING HAND AND INJURIES WRIST.

August 6, 1992 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

44995G REPAIRS ON IT STRUCK ON L HAND WITH CLUTCH ARM WHILE TRYING TO ENGAGE CLUTCH

May 23, 1992 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS PERFORMING SERVICE MAINTENANCE ON AIR CONDITIONER ON CATERPILLAR D10 DOZER. WHILE MOVING IN CAB OF DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. ONE AND AHLAF FEET HITTING THE DASH CONTROL LEVERS WITH HIS RIGHT LOWER CHEST. ACCIDENT WASUNREPORTED AT THIS TIME AND EE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION ON 5-29-92.

February 1, 1992 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ONE HAUL TRUCK(TRUCK #1-EMPTY) WHILE MEETING AN ONCOMING HAUL TRUCK(TRUCK #2 LOADED WITH COAL) ON THE HAUL ROAD TO THE PIT ARES STRUCK SOME RROCKS THA HAD BECOME DISLODGED IN ADJACENT SPOIL AN D ROLLED ONTO THE HAUL ROAD AND VEERED INTO AND STRUCK THE ONCOMING TRUCK.

January 31, 1992 IL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING OILER IN REMOVAL & REPLACEMENT OF THE HOIST BRAKE LININGS ON THE 184M MARION DRAGLINE & BY SOME UNKNOWN MEANS GOT A VERY SMALL PIECE OF THE BRAKE LINING IN HIS LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSESAT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT

1991 · 3 incidents

December 15, 1991 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF STEEL WIRE HANGING FROM A TARPAULIN FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFT AND THEN REPORTED TO EMERGENCY ROOM.

December 4, 1991 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING TO FUEL TRUCK TO BEGIN THE FUELING OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE PARTIALLY MUDDY AND FROZEN GROUND AND FELL. HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL BY CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT H AND AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE LOCATION OF HIS THUMB.

October 18, 1991 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phoenix Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BEARING OFF SHAFT AND PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HAND.