Mining Incidents

Spur Underground Coal

Peabody Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Hanson PLC
Boonville, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1201396

MSHA record for Spur Underground (mine ID 1201396). 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. Peabody Coal Company 1975 to 1977
  2. Peabody Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Spur Underground sits in Warrick County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Warrick County, Indiana · Population 64,650
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$95,027
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.