Mining Incidents

Simco Mine No 1 Coal

Southern Illinois Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Henderson Archie Bob
Franklin County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102577

MSHA record for Simco Mine No 1 (mine ID 1102577). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Southern Illinois Management 1976 to 1977
  2. Southern Illinois Mining Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Simco Mine No 1 sits in Franklin County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Franklin County, Illinois · Population 37,541
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,471
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.