Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Center Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

West Ken Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Andalex Resources B V
Livermore, Mclean County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503998

MSHA record for Center Mine (mine ID 1503998). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Center Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Center Coal Inc 1950 to 1977
  2. West Ken Coal Corp 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Center Mine sits in McLean County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
McLean County, Kentucky · Population 9,127
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,549
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 20, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Ken Coal Corp · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 GETTING OFF HIS DOZER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AS HE STEPPED FROM THE DOZER TRACK DOWN TO THE BLADE PUSH ARM HIS FOOT SLIPPED FAND FELL TO THE GROUND