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Theba #1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Theba Corp · Surface
Controlled by Eddie R Brown
Santa Claus, Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201812

Theba #1 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. Theba Corp 1980 to 1983
  2. Theba Corp 1983 to 1984
  3. Theba Corp 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)
1984 37 39,163
1983 47 194,729
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Theba #1 sits in Spencer County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Spencer County, Indiana · Population 19,871
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,890
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

1984 · 2 incidents

February 2, 1984 IN · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Theba Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL HELPING WORK ON GREASE TRUCK WHEN WRENCH HE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED OFF BOLT.CUT 2 MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 16, 1984 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Theba Corp · Fall onto or against objects

THE DOZER OPERATOR WAS GETTING OFF OF HIS MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS AND FELL BACKWARDS. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOZER PUSH BAR

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1983 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1983 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Theba Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TERRY KENDALL WAS HELPING INSTALL A DRIVE SHAFT IN A SCRAPER WHEN HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING.

July 20, 1983 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Theba Corp · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR WAS RUNNING A 637 CAT SCRAPER HAULING SPOIL FROM THE PIT TO T HE SPOIL STORAGE AREA. WHEN RETURING TO T HE PIT THE OPERATOR MISSED THE HAUL ROAD & WENT OVER THE EDGE OF THE SPOIL PILE.