Mining Incidents

Parkway Refuse Coal

Controlled by ACNR Holdings, Inc
Central City, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519356

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2009–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
194
citations
61
significant & substantial
$34,275
proposed penalties
$33,548
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,620 2 0 1234.6
2025 Q2 3,450 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,184 3 0 2533.8
2023 Q3 33,048 5 3 151.3
2023 Q2 28,833 6 0 208.1
2023 Q1 28,253 6 0 212.4
2022 Q4 27,788 8 2 287.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

January 10, 2023 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating an end loader on the raw coal yard feeding the hopper when the bucket came into contact with the concrete around the hopper causing an abrupt stop resulting in EE hitting the steering wheel with EE's ribs.

January 10, 2023 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling packing from a pump, got their feet entangled in the stand causing them to fall backwards striking the pump shaft and a H beam.

2022 · 2 incidents

August 1, 2022 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was assisting in moving a dryer basket. EE put fingers under the basket to help lift it, when it fell on EE's fingers causing lacerations.

May 28, 2022 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Muhlenberg County Coal Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Boot heel got caught on vibrator screen causing loss of balance and falling to the floor catching self with left hand.

2019 · 2 incidents

2015 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2015 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was being transported for Random drug test, after taking random he was being transported back to his equipment by Foreman in a Ford F150 when he drove around parking ditch and hit a hole causing him to bounce. EE finished his shift and didn't report injury until 9/8/15. He missed first scheduled work day on 9/8/15. On 9/11/15 ee was terminated for failing Random Drug Test

January 29, 2015 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While trying to shove a hose in drain line on spirals that was stopped up he twisted his back. Employee did not miss a scheduled work until 2/9/2015.

2014 · 1 incident

January 2, 2014 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Equipment operator was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of anti-freeze onto the back of a Komatsu loader when he pulled a muscle in his abdomen.

2010 · 1 incident

September 4, 2010 KY · Coal FIRE
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A D9 Dozer caught on fire for undetermined reasons on the surface area of the Surface Facilities. No one was working on this shift at the time of the fire. The fire was discovered by a dispatch person that works at the underground mine location.

2009 · 1 incident

March 17, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was releasing load binder, when binder flew from chain, causing a fractured leg.