Mining Incidents

Weddington Branch Mine #1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Eddie Hurley
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517523

MSHA record for Weddington Branch Mine #1 (mine ID 1517523). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Ownership history
  1. Weddington Branch Mining Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Weddington Branch Mine #1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1995 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weddington Branch Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM STOPPED DOZER AND WALKED OUT ONTO TRACK. HIS FOOT WENT BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM, BRUISING HIS RT LEG AND SPRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. DR. ORDERED VICTIM OFF FOR 3 DAYS.

September 15, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Weddington Branch Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM OPERATING DOZER & TRAMMED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING DOZER TO IMPACT ON SURFACE CREATING TRAUMATIC INJURY TO LOWER BACK. NO TREATMENT GIVEN UNTIL RECENTLY. NOW VICTIM HAS BEEN TOLD TO BEGIN P HYSICAL THERAPY FOR POSSIBLE RUPTURED DISC.

July 26, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weddington Branch Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS SITTING IN CAB OF ROCK TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED. WHEN LOADER DUMPED BUCKET INTO TRUCKBED. VICTIM BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON DOOR FRAME. VICTIM DID NOT REPORT INJURY FOR 3 DAYS. VICTIM DID NOT LOSE WORK TIME.

July 25, 1995 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Weddington Branch Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS IN A HURRY TO GET TRUCK AWAY FROMT EH PROPOSED BLAST AREA DUE TO POSSIBLE INCOMING STORM, WHEN VICTIM TWISTED HIS ANKLE.