Mining Incidents

Scaffold Prairie Prep-Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Rich John W (Ky-Tn-In)
Worthington, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202055

MSHA record for Scaffold Prairie Prep-Plant (mine ID 1202055). 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
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Northern Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Scaffold Prairie Prep-Plant 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 1, 1989 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Northern Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF PLATFORM AROUND CRUSHER AND A CHUNK COAL FELL OFF OF TOP OF HOPPER THAT FEEDS THE CRUSHER STRIKING EE ON HEAD.