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Old King Coal: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Parkin Wayne T
Centralia, Lewis County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502696

MSHA record for Old King Coal (mine ID 4502696). 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
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Old King Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Old King Coal sits in Lewis County, Washington, 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.
Lewis County, Washington · Population 83,925
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,690
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

1983 · 3 incidents

November 10, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old King Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS PICKING TABLE TO GRAB A HEAVY ROCK HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

November 1, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Old King Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EMPLOYEE WAS SORTING REFUSE FROM COAL HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS AS MATERIAL MOVED ON A CONMVEYOR BUILT, THE RESULT WAS A PINCHED THUMB WHICH CAUSED AN ABRASION TO HIS THUMB

June 6, 1983 WA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Old King Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

AS MATERIAL WAS MOVING ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT, A PIECE OF DEBRIS FLEW UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT EYE. THE RESULT WAS AN ABRASION TO THE LEFT EYE. THE ABRASION WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PERMANEN T IMPAIRMENT.