Mining Incidents

Cardinal Mine Coal

Spurgeon IN, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202446

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
52
citations
18
significant & substantial
$19,899
proposed penalties
$19,899
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 3,525 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 86 1 0 11627.9
2017 Q4 1,542 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 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

3 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2014 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

The miner was traveling on a downhill slope and lost control of tractor and collided into berm at the bottom of the slope resulting in his head striking the air conditioner vent inside the cab.

February 28, 2014 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While installing equalizer bar pin in dozer with a hydraulic porta-power the victim hit pin with sledge hammer dislodging porta-power which struck victim in face.

2012 · 1 incident

September 20, 2012 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Preparing to unload drill steels from truck when peg came out causing one side of drill steel to fall off truck onto steel toe of boot and roll back onto foot causing broken tip of big toe and laceration on bottom of foot due to pressure of steel on foot.