Mining Incidents

HWM JOB #27Coal

Boonville, Warrick County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202309
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS SITTING ON LAUNCH VEHICLE DECK. AN AIR LINE BLEW APART AT THE CABLE REEL ON THE UP-PER PLATFORM. IT STARTLED HIM AND HE JUMPED OFF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. HIS LEFT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK ON THE PIT FLOOR AND CAUSED HIM TO SLIP. BOTH BONES IN THE LEFT LEG WERE BROKEN AT APPROXIMATELY THE TOP OF HIS BOOT.