Mining Incidents

Mile Branch: 1 reportable incident Coal

Bizwil Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bizzack John
Waldo, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514456

MSHA record for Mile Branch (mine ID 1514456). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bizwil Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mile Branch sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
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

1985 · 1 incident

March 9, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bizwil Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WASUSING A HAMMER TO INSTALL A BEARING IN TRUCK IDLER-SEGMENT OF BEARING BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HAND.