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Zimmer Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Danny Jasper Inc · Surface
Controlled by Danny Jasper
Dale, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202152

MSHA record for Zimmer Mine (mine ID 1202152). 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
1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Ownership history
  1. Danny Jasper Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Zimmer Mine 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

1996 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1996 IN · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Danny Jasper Inc · Struck by flying object

OEPRATOR REPORTED ON FRI 7-19-96, THAT HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT SHIFT. HE WENT TO A LOCAL DR. THE DR SAID IT APPEARED HE HAD RUST IN HISEYE. WAS SENT TO ANOTHER DR FOR A S ECOND OPINION. SECOND DR AGREED AND WASHED EYE OUT AND SIAD IT WOULD BE OK. OPERATOR THOUGHT IT HAPPENED.

July 11, 1996 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Danny Jasper Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS FUELING DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL AND/OR JUMPED TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS FEET WITH MOST OF WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT LEG. HE WORKED THE REMAINDER OF THAT SHIFT AS WELL AS FRI AND SUNDAY BEFORE REPORTING PAIN IN HIS HIP AND BACK ON 7-15-96.