Mining Incidents

Shop: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Charles Wheatley
Harrisburg, Saline County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101815

MSHA record for Shop (mine ID 1101815). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Sahara Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Shop sits in Saline County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Saline County, Illinois · Population 23,387
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$54,945
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1988 · 1 incident

April 12, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A VESSEL SHAFT TO WORK ON THE BEARING AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM.

1986 · 3 incidents

February 28, 1986 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A JACK AND STEPPED ON SOMETHING AND TWISTED HIS KNEE

1985 · 2 incidents

August 6, 1985 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE

July 18, 1985 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE LOADING STEEL ON A TRUCK RUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

1983 · 3 incidents

June 24, 1983 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STATED HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON CHAIN.

April 18, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Sahara Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE STATED HE THREW COAL INTO STOVE, THERE WAS OIL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET AND FIRE FLAMED OUT AT HIM.