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Mine Rescue Team

The 2024 Indiana State Mine Rescue Team

team pic

The team (above) poses with their second-place trophy for the Illinois State Mine Rescue Competition.

Pictured from left to right: Zac Winebarger, Keith Wampler, Trent Seibert, Joby Johnson (trainer), Derek Smith (team captain), Michael Hersel, Dee Whitehead (state Chief Mine Inspector), Kris Walters (Director of the Bureau of Mines)

Team captain

2024 Team Captain Derek Smith poses with the Illinois State Mine Rescue Competition Second place trophy.

2023 State of Indiana Mine Rescue Team:

Michael Hersel, Austin Conrad, Victor Banet, Zachary Winebarger, Chad Smith, Kris Walters, Derek Smith and  Joby Johnson

2023 Mine Rescue Team

Previous State of Indiana Mine Rescue Teams

Back row left to right:  Joby Johnson, Eric Terrell, Jeremy Robertson, Keith Messel and Dave Daniels.
Front row right to left: Neil Stakeman, David Lay and Steve Zygai

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Left to Right: Donald "Blink" McCorkle, Mike Rennie (MSHA), Ron Stalhaut (MSHA), Rod Dilbeck and Terry Phegley (Gibson Mine Rescue Team).  These gentlemen were given valor awards for their help in the recovery and clean-up effort at Alliance Coal Company 's Gibson Mine 's triple fatality  August 10th 2007 by the Holmes Safety Association and the Indiana Mine Rescue association.

Prosperity Mine Rescue Team

First row - left to right - Cory Baker, Troy Hinton and Scott Kent.

Second row - left to right - Chad Schmitt, John Helm, Mike Rink, Pat Smith, Shane Meadows and Commissioner Torres.

Mine Rescue Competition, Vincennes, Indiana