Mining Incidents

Walton Creek Mine Coal

Controlled by Centennial Coal Inc
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517620

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1996 · 5 incidents

November 18, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING COAL-BACKED INTO HOLE. BOUNCED & JARRED HIM AROUND. HURTING HIS BACK.

October 9, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP LOAD. RIGHT REAR DROPPED OFF EMBANKMENT. TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

August 21, 1996 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON DRILL. SAW A SPROCKET SEGMENT THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A D-11 DOZER. STOPPED AND PICKED IT UP. HURT LOWER BACK. PINCHED NERVE, POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.

June 8, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progressive Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. JUMPED OFF OF PUSH ARM OF DOZER. SHIFT WAS OVER.

May 8, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK STICKING OUT OF PAD. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DIG OUT OF PAD. BUCKER SLID ON TOP OF ROCK, OPERATOR PUT HOIST LEVER IN FLOAT. MACHINE JARRED AND JARRED OPERATORS HEAD.