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Hall Branch 1 Coal

Koch Carbon Inc · Underground

Controlled by Koch Industries Inc

Grethel, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1514819

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1989–1990
Latest incident: Jan 1990

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

December 19, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Koch Carbon Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON 12/19/89 AT APPROX 4:30 PM A FATAL HAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON ACCESS ROAD TO KOCH CARBON INC HALL BRANCH 1 MINE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS SUPPLY TRUCK DRIVER FOR UNITED SUPPLY CO WAS TRANSPOR TING SUPPLIES TO MINE ON ICE & SNOW COVERED ACCESS ROAD. TRUCK STALLED &/OR LOST TRACTION WHICH RESULTED IN TRUCK SKIDDING APPROX 90' BACKWARD. EMPL EXITED TRUCK & WAS STRUCK & TRAPPED BY LEF

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 1 incident

January 26, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Koch Carbon Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TRANSPORTING COAL FROM FACE WHEN COAL OR ROCK FELL FROM SHUTTLE CAR ON HIS FOOT. THE EE WORKER THE SHIFT AND CALLED TO REPORT ACCIDENT ON 1-29-90 HE DID TELL THE FOREMAN HE HAD HURT HIS FOOT BUT WAS OK.

1989 · 1 incident

November 21, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Koch Carbon Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN A HORSE BACK WHEN THE ROOF FELL,CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN THE MINE FLOOR AND THE ROOF FELL.