Mining Incidents

Bon Harbor: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Zielinski Brothers
Ownesboro, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517418

MSHA record for Bon Harbor (mine ID 1517418). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
20
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 20 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Zielinski Construction Corp 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bon Harbor sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 9, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Zielinski Construction Corp · Fall from machine

WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN VERY MUDDY CONDITION. STARTED SLIDING TOWARD HIGHWALL. JUMPED FROM DOZER. EE THOUGHT HE PUT DOZER IN NEUTRAL. CAUGHT HIS ARM (& SHIRT) IN THE HYDRAULIC LINES & BLADE.

1994 · 2 incidents

February 24, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zielinski Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DISASSEMBLING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LINES ON D10. SLING DID NOT HOLD CYLINDER. TOP CYLINDER FELL CRUSHING ARM(FOREARM) PINNING ARM BETWEEN IT.

January 24, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck against a moving object

PUTTING SHALE ON HAUR ROAD, SLID OFF THE ROAD EMPTY. EVIDENCE OF TOO HIGH TRAVEL SPEEDS, OPERATOR INJURED BY IMPACT WITH INSIDE OF CAB; CUTS AND BRUISES ON BOTH SIDES OF HEAD, 2 RIBS BROKEN FRONT AND BACK-NO LUNG DAMAGE OR CONCUSSION.