PEABODY COAL COMPANY

ROUTE TWO PO BOX 20 FREEBURG, IL 62243, Illinois

274 workers ยท filed Oct 18, 1989

A WARN notice is filed with the state before a plant closing or a mass layoff, under the federal WARN Act or a state law like it. Workers is the number the employer said would be affected; plans can change after filing. Data sources

Company
PEABODY COAL COMPANY
Workers
274 workers
Notice date
Oct 18, 1989
Location
ROUTE TWO PO BOX 20 FREEBURG, IL 62243
State
Illinois
Notice
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As published

Location Name
PEABODY COAL COMPANY
Doing Business As Name
RIVER KING UNDERGROUND MINE
Location Address
ROUTE TWO PO BOX 20
Location City
FREEBURG
Location State
IL
Location Zipcode
62243
County
Saint Clair County
LWIA #
24
LWIA
24 - St. Clair Co. Intergovernmental Grants Department Workforce Development Group
Layoff Type
State
WARN Notice
True
Trade
No
Causes
Business Slowdown
Reason
Mass Layoff
Status
Closed
Report Source
Company Notification
Industry
Mining
NAICS Codes
212112 - Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
IEBS Id
19891229002
Approximate Total # of Full-Time Employees
412
Expected Layoff
304
Revised Layoff
274
Initial Date Reported
1989-10-18 00:00:00
Last Report Date
1989-10-18 00:00:00
Notification Date(s)
10/18/1989
Unions Involved
False
Has public layoff assistance web page
Yes

From the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's WARN list, row 379, read Oct 3, 2026; first seen here Oct 3, 2026. Read with Big Local News's warn-scraper and warn-transformer.