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Terry Fork Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Pippa Passes, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517579

MSHA record for Terry Fork Mine #1 (mine ID 1517579). 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
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Terry Fork Mine #1 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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

December 31, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END DUMP REFUSE TRUCK, LAODER OPERATOR DROPPED LARGE ROCK FROM THE BUCKET CAUSIGN THE EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN UP IN THE AIR IN THE CAB OF HTE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN BACK.