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Bubba Branch Job: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Addington Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517557

Bubba Branch Job has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Diamond May Coal Company Inc 1994 to 1994
  2. Addington Inc 1994 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)
1995 31 188,335
1994 38 127,740
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Bubba Branch Job 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

1994 · 2 incidents

September 21, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Addington Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS A RESULT OF THE REPETITIOUS MOVEMENT OF HIS LEG WHILE OPERATING HEAVY EQUPMENT, A DR HHAS DETERINED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE LEFT FEMORAL HEAD.

August 24, 1994 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Addington Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTIN GPIN IN CAROSEL JACK, JACK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND CAROSEL.