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#5: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Daves Branch Inc · Underground
Controlled by Larry Yonts; Ray Slone
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517637

MSHA record for #5 (mine ID 1517637). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
May 1996
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky May Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1995
  2. Daves Branch Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#5 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

2 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

May 6, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Daves Branch Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE REEL ON THE LONG AIRDOX MOBIL DRILL WAS PUT IN AND THE VICTIMS FOOT WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS KNEE.