Mining Incidents

The Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Clarkson William F Iii
Jasper, Dubois County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201951

The Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 20 114,435
1985 16 67,967
1984 5 5,869
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

The Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc sits in Dubois County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Dubois County, Indiana · Population 43,563
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,918
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

October 29, 1985 IN · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Fall down stairs

WEATHER CONDTIONS WERE BAD RAIN, SHOES WERE SLIPPERY DUE TO WET CONDITIONS SLIPPED ON C ONCRETE STEPS. LEFT ARM STRUCK CORNER OF CONCRETE STEPSCAUSING STRAIN AND BRUISE TO MUSCLE IN LEFT FORE ARM

August 27, 1985 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE WELDER WAITING FOR A PART ON HIS DOZER TO BE WELDED WHEN A SPARK LANDED ON HIS SHIRT I NAME TRIED TO BRUSH THE SPARKS FROM HIS SHIRT WITH HIS HAND THIS ACTIO CAUSED BURNS TO I NAMES FINGERS

May 10, 1985 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MOVING OIL DRUM ON 5-10-85 THE DRUM SLIPPED STRIKING THE LEFT KNEE IT WAS THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES LATER HOWEVER THE KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL ON 5-15-85 I.NAME REPOR TED THAT THE KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND VISITED A DR.

March 9, 1985 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clarkson Company Mine #1 Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPERATING DOZER-CLEARING CUT TREES & BRUSH PRIOR TO TOPSOIL REMOVAL-A LIMB FROM A CUT TREE STRUCK DOZER WINDSHIELD CAUSING SAFETY GLASS IN WINDSHIELD TO BREAK A SLIVER OF GLASS SCRA TCHED THE EYE