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.
Cardinal Mine Coal
United Minerals Company LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Peabody Energy Corporation
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 file2014 · 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
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.