Data / Mines / Indiana / Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1
Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1: 1,069 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1 is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Knox County, Indiana, operated by Sunrise Coal, LLC with 388 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1202394). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1,069 citations and orders there with $549,884 in proposed penalties, and 169 accident reports were filed there, with 137 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1202394
- Status
- Active since October 20, 2009
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Knox County, Indiana
- Nearest town
- Oaktown
- Operator
- Sunrise Coal, LLC
- Parent company
- Hallador Energy Company
- Employees
- 388
- MSHA field office
- Vincennes in Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1,069
- Significant and substantial
- 263 (24.6%)
- Closure orders
- 35
- High negligence or reckless
- 29
- Proposed penalties
- $549,884
- Amount paid so far
- $476,523
- Inspections
- 446
- Inspector hours on site
- 18,668
- Citations per inspection
- 2.40 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 169
- Injury and illness cases
- 137
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($1,137 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 195 | 46 | $64,938 | 25 |
| 2023 | 194 | 52 | $175,080 | 19 |
| 2024 | 339 | 90 | $184,816 | 45 |
| 2025 | 166 | 28 | $59,753 | 28 |
| 2026 | 175 | 47 | $65,297 | 20 |
Standards cited most at Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 112 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 93 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 88 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 69 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 65 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 37 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 35 |
| 30 CFR 75.350 | Underground coal mines, safety | 34 |
| 30 CFR 75.1909 | Underground coal mines, safety | 33 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 32 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 31 |
| 30 CFR 72.630 | Part 72 | 29 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 27 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 26 |
| 30 CFR 75.1914 | Underground coal mines, safety | 20 |
Injury and illness cases at Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 117 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 18 |
What the accident reports at Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 50 |
| Fall of roof or back | 39 |
| Slip or fall of person | 25 |
| Powered haulage | 21 |
| Machinery | 20 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 7 |
| Hoisting | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 1 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 23 |
| Mancar | 15 |
| Load-haul-dump | 13 |
| Continuous miner | 7 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 7 |
| Elevator | 3 |
| Shuttle car | 1 |
| Crusher | 1 |
| Tractor | 1 |
Other open mines in Knox County, Indiana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2 | Sunrise Coal, LLC | Knox County, IN | Coal (bituminous) | 21 | 283 |
| Oaktown Fuels Preparation Plant | Sunrise Coal, LLC | Knox County, IN | Coal (bituminous) | 37 | 23 |
| Knox County Sand & Gravel Plant | Rogers Group Inc | Knox County, IN | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 7 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.