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Mine #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

D M & M Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Newsome Donald
Mallie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515080

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1515080). 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
1986–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Walnut Branch Coal Company 1985 to 1988
  2. D M & M Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 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

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 28, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Walnut Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RO2FBOLTING WHEN HE PINNED RIGHT ARM AGAINST RIB CAUSING FRACTURE OF RIGHT WRIST.

1987 · 1 incident

June 1, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Walnut Branch Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #1 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION AND CAUSED WAS UNDETECTED FAULT IN MINE ROOF.SIZE OF FALL WAS 10'THICK X 18'WIDE X 120'LONG.

1986 · 1 incident

December 29, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Walnut Branch Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SHOVELI3G COAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE BELTLINE WHEN HE ENTANGLED THE SHOVEL IN THE BELTLINE CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE PULLED INTO THE B ELTLINE. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED