Zion Mining Company · Fall from machine
EE WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER & STEPPED ON THE PUSH ARM & SLIPPED & FELL & LANDED ONHIS HIP & LEFTARM.
Zion Mining Co No 9: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Zion Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Conley Meritt
Topmost,
Knott County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517353
MSHA record for Zion Mining Co No 9 (mine ID 1517353). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1994–1996
- Latest incident
- Mar 1996
Ownership history
- Zion Mining Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Zion Mining Co No 9 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
6 on file1996 · 1 incident
1995 · 3 incidents
May 22, 1995
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zion Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HOOKING A CABLE TO PULL TREES & WHEN HE HOOKED THE CABLE HE SAID A TREE LIMB HIT HIM ON THE ARM THIS IS AN ALLEGED ACCIDENT
January 18, 1995
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Zion Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS A ON TRAIL BASIS ON DOZER AND WAS NOT HIRED. HE LEFT THE HILL AHEAD OF EVERYONG ELSE AND WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AND RAN THRU THE ENTRANCE GATE IN HIS PERSONAL VEHCILE. DAMAGE WAS DONE T O VEHCILE AND GATE. HIS WIFE ALLEGEDLY SAID THATHE HAD GRASS IN HIS EYE.
January 8, 1995
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zion Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HAD A CHAIN AROUND BELLY PAN OF D9L AND CHAIN AND HINGES BROKE AND LET BELLY PAN HIT HIS FACE.
1994 · 2 incidents
August 25, 1994
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zion Mining Company · Struck by flying object
EE WAS WORKING UNDER A BULLDOZER CRIBBING THE PIVOT SHAFT OF THE MACHINEANOTHER EE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS UNDER THE BULLDOZER, CRIB BLOCK HIT EE ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING THE FINGER INJURY.
Zion Mining Company · Fall from machine
EE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE LOADER AND AS HE STARTED DOWN THE LADDER HE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND.