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Mine No 4: 15 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hogg Willis
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514533

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 1514533). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1986
  2. Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 5 incidents

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT AHND WHILE HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER.

February 22, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WAS OWKRING AT FUSE BOX. PIECE OF METAL HIT FUSE BOX CAUSING IT TO ARC OVER BURNING EMPLS FACE.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS OPERATING 506 CARRIER AND MINER PULLED CARRIER INTO RIB. THE CARRIER CAUGHT HIS LEG BENDING IT INTO HIS CHEST.

June 8, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TAKING DUSTER DOWN ON SCOOP. THE DUSTER JAMMED UP ON TOP CATCHING LEFT LEG & KNEE TWISTING IT.

1988 · 1 incident

December 15, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS CLEANING FUEL TANK WHEN TANK GOT HOT EMPLOYEE JUMPED OVER HILL & HURT RIGHT WRIST

1985 · 1 incident

February 20, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SCOOP DRIVER OVERCOME BY POWDER SMOKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT BUCKET OF COAL FROM LEFT BREAK OF #5 HDG SCOOP CLIMBED UPON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM OF MINE AND COULDNT GET BACK TO FRESH AIR.

1984 · 4 incidents

November 9, 1984 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AUTHOR JENT, WHILE IN LOW COAL & IN THE KNEELING POSITION, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF DUMMIES WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 20 LBS., & STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 24, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS IN RIGHT BREAK OF NO. 4 ENTRY POSITIONING THE WAGON DRILL TO START DRILLING COAL IN PROCESS OF POSITIONING DRILL HE HAD TO LIFT DRILL RESULTING IN BACK.

October 4, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME MOVED HIS SCOOP INTO #4 ENTRY AT FACE AND WAS COMING OUT OF #4 ENTRY WITH LOAD OF COAL WHEN LEFT KNEE CONTACTED THE TOP THE INJURY CAUSED A STRAINED KNEE PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES LOW COAL WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS INJURY

June 6, 1984 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

DEFECTIVE CABLE ON POWER SIDE OF 6002 30 AMP SWITCH BOX EMP WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY CHARGER 44 V 3 PHASE MIDDLE FINGER KING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED WHEN POWER WAS APP APPLIED TO SWITCH BOX 2 PHASES CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER