Mining Incidents

Rocky Branch Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Blue Diamond Coal Company · Underground
Yeaddiss, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517636

MSHA record for Rocky Branch Mine (mine ID 1517636). 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
1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Blue Diamond Coal Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rocky Branch Mine sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
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

1995 · 1 incident

May 30, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Fall from machine

MAN WAS WORKING ON EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. STEPPING FROM HOOD OF TRUCK DOWN ON TO FRAME. HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS SIDE ON FRAME OF THE TRUCK.