Great Western Coal (Ky) Inc · Accident type, without injuries
HILL SEAM GAVE LOOSE DISLODGING PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS FALL AREA APPX 70'INBY PRTAL #3 ENTRY.INTERSECTION OF RIGHT & LEFT BREAK APPX 16'WIDEX 10'THICK X 12'LONG.
Trace Branch #1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Great Western Coal (Ky) Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Great Western Resources Inc
Field,
Bell County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516384
MSHA record for Trace Branch #1 (mine ID 1516384). 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
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Jun 1988
Ownership history
- Great Western Coal (Ky) Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Trace Branch #1 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.