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Vanover Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Zielinski Brothers
Utica, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517869

Vanover Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1999.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Aug 1999
Ownership history
  1. Zielinski Construction Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1999 9 41,067
1998 0
1997 1 4,692
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Vanover Mine sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, 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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
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

1999 · 1 incident

August 9, 1999 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAINT FOREMAN WAS USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN FITTING FROM HYD LINE. NO SPECIFICS. WRENCH SLIPPING CAUSING MAINT FOREMAN TO HIT HIS FIST (KNUCKEL)