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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Parsons Branch Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Williamson Terry
Grethel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516608

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516608). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Parsons Branch Coal Company 1989 to 1989
  2. Parsons Branch Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1989 · 1 incident

July 19, 1989 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parsons Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO THE OPERATOR THAT ON 7-19-89 DURING HIS SHIFT HE RE HURT HIS KNEE WHILE PUSHING ON A COAL DRILL. EMPLOYEE STATED THIS WAS A REINJURIE FROM HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE.