Mining Incidents

Gold Star Mine Coal

Dugger, Greene County, IN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1202431

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
Nov 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
440
citations
167
significant & substantial
$340,507
proposed penalties
$132,294
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 780 2 0 2564.1
2018 Q1 520 4 2 7692.3
2017 Q4 841 8 1 9512.5
2017 Q3 1,300 3 2 2307.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2015 · 8 incidents

November 5, 2015 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Horizontal stretch, was the report we have from msha geologist on prior fall. the fall is in line with a prior fall in the same cross cut, running the same direction. I think the top had the same characteristics, as the prior fall. Where the roof support may have not been sufficient during the time the area was mined.

November 5, 2015 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Horizontal stretch was the report we have from msha geologist on prior fall. The fall is in line with a prior fall in the same entry, I think the top had the same characteristics, as the prior fall, with guttering, support used at the time of mining.

October 26, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was walking beside a trailer, a fine piece of medal was sticking out from side of trailer, medal was a ling splinter type of scraped material, still attached to trailer. It was stuck in finger where they had to cut the material from the trailer to free the finger.

October 14, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

He was cutting apart props in pit when a prop slid down and struck little finger between two props on right hand causing a cut and split the nail. Was sent to hospital where they cleaned and stitched the finger.

September 24, 2015 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Accident type, without injuries

My determination is the cribs that were constructed were on loose bottoms and or frozen bottoms that a scoop could not get to as per the original prevention support plan. The pressure from the fall continued in-by xc9-10 entry 6 on the 1 MW causing the cribs to fail due to sinking and shrinking of the wooden cribs. The cribs in the fall area were not constructed properly.

August 9, 2015 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A fall was discovered during a pre-shift exam on the morning of 08/09/2015 by the examiner, it was called in as soon as possible. The cause horizontal stretch in the area. That was determined at a later date.

July 8, 2015 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ERC Mining Indiana Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Removing center spray from miner head when the blocked dropped, smashing his right little finger. causing a cut to finger approx. 1.5"

January 18, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was installing lagging at roof fall area. While building arch sets, he was holding a piece of lagging to bolt with another employee. The other emoloyee tightened the lagging before EE could clear his hand from between the lagging and structure. Resulting in a laceration to the left middle finger which required stitches, and an x-ray results was a cracked bone.

2014 · 7 incidents

December 11, 2014 IN · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

employee was struck by shuttle car cable in the back of his legs and the force flipped him upside down and he landed on his head and neck.

December 1, 2014 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving a 480v pump and un-tied the trailing cable from the roof and a rock slid out and struck him in the head.

November 24, 2014 IN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shuttle car was stuck in entry #7, EE went to check on the situation. While walking around the corner to entry #7 and was struck by the trailing cable.

June 2, 2014 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

installing a roof bolt into the wrench and inadvertently hit his rotation, causing the roof plate to spin and cutting his arm. he was taken to the hospital and received stitches. employee returned to work the next day with light duty restriction.

May 10, 2014 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Central Coal Indiana LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker walked around the back of the roof bolter to help his partner, and walked up to him while the partner was swinging a hammer and was struck in the nose. The injury required him to be taken to the hospital for stitches.

2012 · 2 incidents

March 1, 2012 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lily Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Installing 12 foot cable bolt at intersection of # 3 entry and #2 crosscut. Miner failed to remove hand from pinch point between boom and pod. Five stitches applied to fifth digit on right hand laceration. Further treatment applied on 3/02/2012 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Hand surgery was performed by Dr. Glock to reset his nail bed on fifth digit on right hand.

February 7, 2012 IN · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lily Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting sprocket on gear reducer for the overland belt. When lifting sprocket he strained his groin resulting in a hernia.