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Meadow Branch #1 Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512599

Meadow Branch #1 Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Meadow Branch Coal Company Inc 1980 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)
1984 0
1983 34 340,393
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Meadow Branch #1 Surface Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

April 15, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL HAS DEGENERATIVE SPINAL CONDITION WHICH WAS POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED BY WORK ACTIVITY.

April 7, 1983 KY · Coal DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE CANNOT RELATED HIS PROBLEM TO A SPECIFIC INJURY THE PROBLEM WITH THE KNEE SEEMS TO BE THE RESULT OF LONG TERM WEAR OF THE LIGAMENTS AND CARTILEDGES IN THE KNEE JOINT AREA ASSOCI ATED WITH THE EMPLOYEE\S DAILY ACTIVITES POSSIBLY INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF A DOZER AT WORK.

March 31, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadow Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS POURING BRAKE FLUID INTO CYLINDER ON ROCK TRUCK FLUID SPLASHED INTO RIGHT EYE