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Surface #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Triple B Corp · Surface
Controlled by Branham Gary A
Inez, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510516

MSHA record for Surface #1 (mine ID 1510516). 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
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Triple B Corp 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface #1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1987 · 1 incident

November 30, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Triple B Corp · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS WORK3NG DOZER ON SLOPE DOING RECLAMATION PUTTING HIGHWALL BACK WORKING LAST LIFT OF WALL, WHEN BLADE OF DOZER HIT TREE TRUNK STUMP CAUSING DOZER TO SLIDE ON LOSE ROCK AND DIET CAUSI NG DOZER TO FLI1 OVER SIDE OVER SIDE 3 COMPLETE ROTATIONS HE HAVING SAFETY SEAT BELT ON RODE DOZER TO BOTTOM OF SLOPE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HEAD NECK BACK AND LEFT ARM ON DOZER.