Mining Incidents

Zion Mining Co Inc #10 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Zion Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Conley Meritt
Garrett, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517749

MSHA record for Zion Mining Co Inc #10 Mine (mine ID 1517749). 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
1996–1998
Latest incident
Mar 1998
Ownership history
  1. Zion Mining Company 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Zion Mining Co Inc #10 Mine sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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

1998 · 1 incident

March 14, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Zion Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF EXCAVATOR AND STEPPED ON TRACK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT THE OTHER TRACK ON HIS SIDE.

1996 · 1 incident

November 27, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Zion Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING ROCK IN A 773B ROCK TRUCK. HE BACKED THE TRUCK TO TURN AND BACKUP TOO FAR ON THE BRIM. IT BROKE OFF & THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS EE HEAD HAD A CUT & HE HAD A BRUISED SIDE & LEG