Mining Incidents

Tharp Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Barber Wilbur H
Alfordsville, Martin County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201876

MSHA record for Tharp Mine (mine ID 1201876). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. B & D Mining Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tharp Mine sits in Martin 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.
Martin County, Indiana · Population 9,854
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,345
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 22, 1983 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NONPOWERED HAULAGE
B & D Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MR ZEIGLER WAS PUSHING ON POWDER TRAILER WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE MUD HURT MUSCLE IN BACK