Mining Incidents

Meadow BranchCoal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Eolia, Letcher County, KY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519890
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was exiting excavator when slipped putting a lot of pressure on right leg hurting lower back, hip and leg.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was greasing track on excavator when the grease hose popped off and struck them on their left hand and caused grease to go under their skin.

2024 · 3 incidents

Struck by flying object

Employee was putting air in the right-side front tandem inner tire when the side wall blew out causing dirt and debris to hit employee in the left arm and ringing in right ear.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a bale of straw off the trailer, when EE jerked the bale to move it and pulled something in EE's left side.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tech was working on rain hoist control valve on 785. When coming from under the truck for more tooling their right foot slipped causing strain to lower right back. Tech did not feel any discomfort in back when they slipped so they continued working. Tech woke up with pain in lower right side of back on 4/13/24.

2022 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Handing Mechanic tools over head when a hydraulic block fell on EE's right hand which was on ground.

Fall from machine

Getting on 785 Truck, slipped on step and fell on to ground.