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Umi #4: 5 reportable incidents Coal

United Minerals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Greg Olinger
Montgomery, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201996

MSHA record for Umi #4 (mine ID 1201996). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Ownership history
  1. United Minerals Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Umi #4 sits in Daviess County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Daviess County, Indiana · Population 33,442
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$68,561
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1993 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING BUSHING INTO DOZER PUSH ARM, BUSHING BROKE OFF CAUSING INJURY.

February 16, 1993 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE TAKING OUT GRILL ON 9H DOZER IT SLIPPED & FELL ON LEFT FOOT

1991 · 1 incident

November 1, 1991 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN STEPPING OUT OF CAB ONTO WET TRACK. HE SLIPPED ON GROUSERS AND SPRAINED KNEE.

1988 · 1 incident

April 12, 1988 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

REMVING TURBO CARRIAGE MOTOR FROM CAT DOZER AND PIECE OF LOOSE METAL FELL INTOEYE

1987 · 1 incident

July 3, 1987 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS R3DING ON SIDE OF A FRONT END LOADER WHILE MAKING A TURN THE CAB DOOR SAFETY LATCH WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE DOOR FROM CLOSING UNEXPECTEDLY