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Caney Creek Prep Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

West Ken Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by Andalex Resources B V
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1502067

MSHA record for Caney Creek Prep Plant (mine ID 1502067). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Kirkpatrick Mining Company 1950 to 1977
  2. West Ken Coal Corp 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Caney Creek Prep Plant sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

July 2, 1987 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Ken Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING THE OLD3PREP PLANT, THE EMPLOYEES WERE UNROLLING A 2 IN CABLE AND ONE END OF THE CABLE FLOPPED OVER AND HIT EMP ON RT FOOT, BREAKING HIS RT LITTLE TOE, BEHIND HARD TOE BOOT

March 4, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Ken Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER TAKING 2 8TEPS UP A STEP LADDER TO WORK ON 1572 350 GOB TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE TURNED SLIGHTLY AND SEEMED TO TWIST OR SPRAIN HIS RIGHT KNEE.