Mining Incidents

Prairie Creek Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

J L S Inc · Surface
Controlled by Sargent Jon
Cannelburg, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202108

MSHA record for Prairie Creek Mine (mine ID 1202108). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Nov 1994
Ownership history
  1. J L S Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Prairie Creek Mine sits in Daviess County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Daviess County, Indiana · Population 33,442
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$68,561
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

November 1, 1994 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J L S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN HE TWISTED AND SOMETHING CAUGHT IN HIS BACK CAUSING SEVERE PAIN WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE.

June 30, 1994 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J L S Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER EE WAS LIFTING THE CUTTING EDGE FOR A 637 SCRAPER. OTHER LEG GO TO SOON OF ONE END AND THE CUTTING EDGE DROPPED ON EE.