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Hays Branch Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Arc Energies Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anthony McPeek
Hi Hat, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517490

Hays Branch Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1995–1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
Ownership history
  1. Enterprise Coal Company 1994 to 1994
  2. Arc Energies 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)
2000 0
1999 0
1998 0
1997 11 75,897
1996 15 92,236
1995 14 84,431
1994 5 29,950
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hays Branch 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

April 21, 1997 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Arc Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER HELPER REPORTED TO ME HIS KNEE WAS HURTING AND HE NEEDE TO GO HAVE IT CHECKED.

January 24, 1997 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arc Energies Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT AT 1:30 PM HE THOUGHT THAT HE MIGHT'VE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK EARLIER THAT MORNING.

1995 · 3 incidents

December 13, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Arc Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS CRAWLING ALONE SIDE OF BOLTER WHILE TRAMINING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. HE WAS TO CLOSE TO THE BOLTER AND BOLTER RAN OVER HIS TOES.

October 10, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arc Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLE DOUT OF SHUTTLE CAR AND CUAGHT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

May 23, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Arc Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CLEARING ROCK OFF MINER. ROCK CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROCK & CANOPY POST, CUTTING FINGER.