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Walton Creek Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Centennial Coal Inc
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517620

MSHA record for Walton Creek Mine (mine ID 1517620). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Ownership history
  1. Mesa Coals Inc 1994 to 1995
  2. Progressive Mining Inc 1995 to 1997
  3. Centennial Resources Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Walton Creek Mine 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

5 on file

1996 · 5 incidents

November 18, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING COAL-BACKED INTO HOLE. BOUNCED & JARRED HIM AROUND. HURTING HIS BACK.

October 9, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP LOAD. RIGHT REAR DROPPED OFF EMBANKMENT. TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

August 21, 1996 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON DRILL. SAW A SPROCKET SEGMENT THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A D-11 DOZER. STOPPED AND PICKED IT UP. HURT LOWER BACK. PINCHED NERVE, POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.

June 8, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progressive Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. JUMPED OFF OF PUSH ARM OF DOZER. SHIFT WAS OVER.

May 8, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK STICKING OUT OF PAD. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DIG OUT OF PAD. BUCKER SLID ON TOP OF ROCK, OPERATOR PUT HOIST LEVER IN FLOAT. MACHINE JARRED AND JARRED OPERATORS HEAD.