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Vanderrick: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Turris Coal Company · Facility
Daylight, Vanderburgh County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201677

MSHA record for Vanderrick (mine ID 1201677). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Turris Coal Company 1979 to 1992
  2. Turris Coal Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Vanderrick sits in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Vanderburgh County, Indiana · Population 179,908
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,938
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 25, 1990 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Turris Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PLANT MANLIFT TO DESCEND LADDER FROM 4TH TO 1ST FLOOR. LADDER GOT CAUGHT IN STRUCTURE FORCING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP APPROX. 10' TO 3RD FLOOR LEVEL. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET TH EN ROLLED OVER.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1988 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Turris Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SCRAP TIN FROM SITE AND PUTTING INTO DUMPSTER FOR HAULING AWAY. TIN SHIFTED BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE. HE GRASPED MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO RING FINGER LEFT HAND. FINGE REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.

January 30, 1988 IN · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Turris Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS LYING FACE UP UNDER A FEEDER BREAKER TIGHTENING A BOLT, HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH-BREAKING OFF HIS TWO FRONT TEETH.