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Thurber Coal Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Texas Industries Inc
Mingus, Erath County, TX  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4102867

Thurber Coal Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Dahlstrom Corp 1979 to 1981
  2. Thurber Coal Company 1981 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 13
1983 37 92,145
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Thurber Coal Mine sits in Erath County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.1% 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.
Erath County, Texas · Population 43,244
4.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,351
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

June 28, 1983 TX · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thurber Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING NEAR THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE WHEN THE AUGER GUIDE PAN WAS BEING PUT BACK INTO POSITION & THE MAN HAD HIS LEG IN THE WAY OF THE GUIDE PAN & HIS RIGHT CALF WAS CUT.