Mining Incidents

#2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by King Barry B
Dema, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515957

MSHA record for #2 (mine ID 1515957). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Salisbury Branch Mining Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
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

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

July 30, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Salisbury Branch Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRUSHING TREE STRUCK WINDSHIELD CUT FACE Y