Mining Incidents

Broken Arrow No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Broken Arrow Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hitchcock Cecil
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517456

Broken Arrow No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Ownership history
  1. Broken Arrow Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 2 2,000
1993 2 6,824
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Broken Arrow No 1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1994 · 1 incident

July 15, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Broken Arrow Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLING A BEARING RETAINER, RETAINER SLIPPED OFF THE RACK GEAR AND SMASHED FINGER.