Mining Incidents

Mine #18: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517265

MSHA record for Mine #18 (mine ID 1517265). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1994–1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Ownership history
  1. Old South Mining Corp 1992 to 1993
  2. Big Bass Fuels Inc 1993 to 1994
  3. Levisa Coal Inc 1994 to 1995
  4. T & J Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1996
  5. Lost Creek Mining Inc 1996 to 1997
  6. Branham & Baker Underground Corp 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine #18 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 1, 1998 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING AS A RODMAN ON A 2 MAN SPAD CREW IN THE NO. 3 (FAN) ENTRY. HE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE TRANSIT MAN WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ICE WITH HIS RI GHT FOOT. THE ICE BROKE AND HIS FOOT WENT INTO APOTHOLE. THIS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT REPORTEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED WORKED REMAINDER OF SHIFT(5:30PM) & HASN'T WORKED SINCE

1997 · 6 incidents

December 18, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE HELPING WORK ON CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER WHEN ONE PULLED BOARD OUT OF BOOM OF MINER AND STRUCK INJURED IN MOUTH BREAKING TOOTH OFF.

December 12, 1997 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE PUT HAND DOWN IN DUSTER WHEN IT CAUGHT GLOVE AND PULLED FINGER INTO AUGER MASHING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND ABOUT THE LAST 3/4 INCH.

May 6, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THT HE WAS IN A SCOOP, THE BRAKES FAILED, AND HE HIT ANOTHER SCOOP HEAD ON.

1995 · 2 incidents

July 17, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TRAVILING TO FACE ON 4 WHEELER ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS HIT HIM IN THE CHEST THEYWERE TRAVILING IN #4 ENTRY INTAKE AIR WAY.

1994 · 1 incident

November 29, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Levisa Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

SLUG ON DRAW ROCK FELL ON ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WHILE SETTING SECOND BOLT IN ROW OF #2 R BREAK. CAUSED A RED PLACE ON SIDE OF NECK & SCRAPPED UPPER ARM. WENT TO DR. TO HAVE X-RAY. NOTHING WRONG FOUND.