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Center Preparation Plant: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Peabody Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Hanson PLC
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1506833

MSHA record for Center Preparation Plant (mine ID 1506833). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Ownership history
  1. Peabody Coal Company 1973 to 1977
  2. Peabody Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Center Preparation Plant sits in Ohio County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ohio County, Kentucky · Population 23,704
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,369
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 21, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

ELECTRICAL ARC BURNING HANDS ARMS FACE SECOND AND THIRD DEG BURNS

1985 · 1 incident

December 19, 1985 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS WORKING ON FLOP GATE AT TOP OF TIPPLE AS HE WAS PULLING ON LEVER TO GATE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

1983 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1983 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND HIS NECK BEGAN TO HURT