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Wright: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Amax Coal Company · Surface
Boonville, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200335

MSHA record for Wright (mine ID 1200335). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Amax Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wright sits in Warrick County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Warrick County, Indiana · Population 64,650
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$95,027
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1983 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amax Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BOLTS ON THE TRUNION CAP OF WABCO SCRAPER 097.24 AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE PUT HIS RT FOOT ON A METAL RUNG THE RUNG WAS COVERED WITH DRIED MUD AND AS HE BEGAN TO STEP DO WN WITH HIS LT LEG HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE RUNG AND HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE

March 28, 1983 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amax Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOWERING AUGER TUBE ON BULK POWDER TRUCK WITH A WINCH. EE JAMMED A WELDING ROD INTO RATCHET MECHANISM HOLDING TRIGGER OPEN. THIS ALLOWED WEIGHT OF AUGER TUBE TO UNWIND WINCH & ALLOWED T UBE TO BE LOWERED. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO HANDLE OF WINCH TO CONTROL FALL OF TUBE. EE\S HAND SLIPPED OFF WINCH AHNDLE & AUGER TUBE BEGAN TO FREE FALL. EE WAS HIT ON UPPER ARMS & FROEARMS BY THE