Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Bevins Branch Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Quintana Minerals Corp
Mccombs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511523

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1511523). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Bevins Branch Mining Inc 1978 to 1980
  2. Bevins Branch Mining Inc 1980 to 1984
  3. Bevins Branch Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 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

1984 · 1 incident

June 6, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bevins Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CASE OF EXPLOSIVES WHILE LIFTING A CASE HE TURNED TO WALK TO PLACE WHERE EXPLOSIVES WERE BEING USED. HE TWISTED HIS WAIST CAUSING HIM TO BECOME OFF BALANCED HE STRAINED L LOWER BACK