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Cline Branch No 4 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Emma, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512313

MSHA record for Cline Branch No 4 Mine (mine ID 1512313). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Cline Branch Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cline Branch No 4 Mine 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

September 8, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cline Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ROLLING CONVEYOR BELT ONTO SPOOL.WHILE SPOOLING BELTING,LOST FOOTING.UNABLE TO REGAIN BALANCE,FELL LANDING ON RIGHT FOREARM.IMPACE OF STRIKING GROUND CAUSED BOTH RADIUS AND ULNA BONES OF RIGHT FOREARM TO BE FRACTURED ABOVE WRIST.

August 3, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Cline Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING TIMBERS TO SET INPLACE THE TIMBER HE WAS HOLDING ROLLED OVER CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO BE PLACED UNDER SAW BLADE AS HE DREW SAW BACK HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMNBE TIMBER AND THE SAW BLADE HE RECEIVED A SMALL LACERATION ON THE THUMB

January 25, 1983 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Cline Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE COAL FROM UPPER PART OF RIB WITH PICKING HAMMER. SOME SMALL COAL CHUNKS POPPED LOOSE FROM RIB STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE. THE EYEBALL WAS CUT CAUSING MINOR INFECT ION.