← Back to search

Pride Mine Coal

B B Mining Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Donald Blankenberger

Monroe City, Knox County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1202175

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Pride Mine.

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2005
Latest incident: Jan 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

116

citations

significant & substantial

$20,799

proposed penalties

$20,799

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4	0
2008 Q1	0
2007 Q4	0
2007 Q3	0
2007 Q2	0
2007 Q1	0
2006 Q4	1,090	0.0
2006 Q3	4,912	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 25, 2005 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

B B Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Counterweight on shovel was being removed. Three of the bolts holding the weight were off, the fourth bolt was loose. Employee placed left middle finger under washers and the counterweight was slightly lifted pinching fingertip. Pinched off 1/8 inch off end of fingertip.

2001 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2001 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

B B Mining Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON HIS BACK AND SIDE CRIBBING UP A D7, DOZER WHEN HE FELT PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 27, 2001 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

B B Mining Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

THE OPERATOR OF THE 85 TON EUCLID R85B BACKED HIS TRUCK INTO THE VICTIM'S KOMATSU 330M. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE WELL BECAUSE THE SUN WAS BLINDING HIM THROUGH HIS REAR VIEW MI RROR.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 17, 2000 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

B B Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING PUMP FROM A FLOAT, EMPLOYEE HAD RIGHT HAND ADJACENT TO CHAIN, WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED, CATCHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE CHAIN & THE PUMP AND TEARING THE RIGHT IND EX FINGER OFF AT FIRST JOINT PAST THE KNUCKLE.

July 9, 2000 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

B B Mining Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF NUT AND EE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON LIFT ARM OF 988F LOADER.