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Zion Mining Co Inc #5 Coal

Zion Mining Company · Surface

Controlled by Conley Meritt

Harold, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1513060

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1986–1988
Latest incident: May 1988

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING

Zion Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MECHANIC SAW THAT HIS TRUCK WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS AND HE OVER REACTED AND CUT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE MINE OFFICE DOOR TRYING TO GET TO IT.

1987 · 1 incident

September 2, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Zion Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP STEPPED ON 5 NAIL BY MISTAKE AND POUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOOT

1986 · 1 incident

November 28, 1986 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY

Zion Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS RAISING 7HE MAST TO PUT IN DRILL POSITION AND AS THE DRILL MAST CAME TO A STOP,HE WAS PLACING ANCHOR BOLTS IN POSITION AND ACCIDENTALLY PLACED HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN THE DRILL MAST AND N UTS ON THE ANCH2R BOLT,PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO.