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Oaktown Fuels Preparation Plant Coal

Sunrise Coal, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Hallador Energy Company
Oaktown, Knox County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202462

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2013–2022
Latest incident
Jul 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
137
citations
37
significant & substantial
$21,493
proposed penalties
$20,542
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
2025 Q4 25,486 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 24,826 1 0 40.3
2025 Q1 24,404 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 22,570 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 34,160 1 0 29.3
2023 Q2 41,480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 35,868 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 32,866 3 0 91.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2022 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured was lifting the hood of a MT995 tractor to service the a/c when the shoulder felt like it tore. Injured went to the clinic on 8/8 and they treated and ordered a MRI. On 8/17 the MRI showed that there was a tear in the right rotator cuff. Injured is scheduled for surgery on 9/2.

February 4, 2022 IN · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured walked out the door of the prep plant going to the foreman's pickup. Due to the weather conditions the whole area was a solid sheet of ice. The injured slipped and fell hurting the right shoulder as the injured tried to catch self. The injured was still in discomfort on 4/1/2022 and went to the doctor. On 4/6/2022 and MRI showed a tear in the rotator cuff.

2019 · 2 incidents

October 20, 2019 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was replacing the back plate of a refuse screen and received a laceration on right hand during the process. Injured received stitches for the laceration.

June 10, 2019 IN · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was pulling new belt and finger was smashed by roller bar. This caused a fracture to the index finger.

2018 · 1 incident

April 17, 2018 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was moving the fork of the telehandler and pinched EE's finger between the fork and the headache bar of the machine. Injured suffered a laceration as a result of this and received stitches for this injury.

2017 · 1 incident

June 7, 2017 IN · Coal FIRE
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Smoke was observed coming from the raw coal pile at approx. 6pm on 6/7/17. A track-hoe was dispatched to the spot observed & began digging our the spot where the smoke was observed. At approx. 8:45am MSHA inspector arrived on site and questioned if we had reported the incident. Part 50 is a fire not extinguished within 30 min not smoke! We were issued a citation.

2016 · 2 incidents

November 22, 2016 IN · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured was in the process of removing a gear box from a bin roller when the gear box cleared the shaft it made an upward motion pinching index finger between the motor pedal and the motor causing a laceration. The injured was seen by a doctor and received stitches.

April 11, 2016 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured was lowering a 40 foot extension ladder down to the floor with another employee to move the ladder to the needed location when the second employee lost their grip on the foot end of the ladder. This resulted in the weight on the ladder coming down on the left shoulder of the injured.

2015 · 1 incident

January 17, 2015 IN · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was exiting cab of crane. Injured lost his footing and all of his weight shifted to his right arm while holding onto the grab handle. Right shoulder became dislocated. This is a aggravation of a previous injury. Should was put back into place at Good Samaritan Hospital Emergency room.

2013 · 1 incident

May 29, 2013 IN · Coal FIRE
Black Panther Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A dozer caught on fire while pushing coal. The fire was not extinguished within 30 minutes and was reported immediately to MSHA.