Mining Incidents

Staton Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Staton John T
Powell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515676

MSHA record for Staton Mine (mine ID 1515676). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Parkway Stone Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Staton Mine sits in Powell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Powell County, Kentucky · Population 13,057
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,811
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

September 2, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountain Parkway Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING OFF SOCKET ON BOLT.

June 27, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountain Parkway Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PIPE WRENCH AND PULLED A TENDON IN THE BACK.