Mining Incidents

#4: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Dennis Jones
Grethel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516665

MSHA record for #4 (mine ID 1516665). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Jones Branch Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 27, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · MACHINERY
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS CHANGING HOSE ON ROOFBOLTER WHEN HE HIT THE CONTROL TO THE BOOM CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIM.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 3 incidents

May 17, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WORKER WAS PUSHING WAGON DRILL AND HURT HIS KNEE. HE CONTUINED TO WORK UNTIL 5/23/91.

1990 · 3 incidents

November 19, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT HIS HAND MASHED BY SCOOP BUCKET

July 17, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS OPERATING MACHINE WHEN HE GOT PINNED AGAINST CRIB. MACHINE HIT HIS CHEST.

March 28, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKER CRAWLING AND SETTING ON HIS KNEES DURING OPERATING OF EQUIPMENT RESULTED IN FLUID ON KNEES.WORKER WENT EMERG.RM 4-1 WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN MEDICATION.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 15, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKERS WAS OPERATING A CUTTING MACHINE WHEN HIS LIGHT CORD CONNECTED TO HIS HAT GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS HEAD BACK OVER MACHINE CATCHING IT BETWEEN ROOF OF MINE & MACHINE.

September 15, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROOF OF MINE AND BOLT.