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Newsome Branch Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517249

Newsome Branch Mine #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
Ownership history
  1. Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc 1992 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)
1997 0
1994 17 156,372
1993 34 432,413
1992 20 160,377
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Newsome Branch Mine #1 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

January 7, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING R-85 ROCK TRUCK LOADING UNDER 992 LOADER IN PIT LOALDER OPERATOR PICKED UP LARGE ROCK & WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE ROCK IN TRUCK BED THE ROCK SLIPPED OF LOADER BUCKET & FEL L SOME DISTANCE TO THE TRUCK BED THE ROCK LANDING IN THE TRUCK BED CAUSED THE TRUCK OPERATOR TO BE THROWN UPWARD FROM HIS SEAT HE EXPERIENCED SOME DISCOMFORT BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL AT TENTI