EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF HIS ROCK TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE CATWALK AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HURTING HIS BACK
Will Branch: 4 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Will Branch (mine ID 1516044). 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
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
- Mor-Coal Inc 1987 to present
Will Branch sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
4 on file1988 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TEREX END DUMP WHEN ENGINE STALLED EMPLOYEE PANICKED WHEN ENGINE STALLED & JUMPED FROM TRUCK TO THE GROUND TRUCK ROLLED FOR APPROX.50FT.FROM POINT OF ACCIDENT THEN CAM E TO A COMPLETE STOP ON ITS OWN
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A BLOWN HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A POWDER TRUCK. HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE HOLE AND HYDRAULIC OIL WAS INJECTED UNDER THE SKIN OF HIS ARM.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPL OPERATING DOZER.TREE FELL ACROSS HOOD OF DOZER.EMPL CLIMBED ON HOOD WITH CHAIN SAW TO CUT TREE IN HALF.WHEN TREE WAS CUT,TREE KICKED UP.EMPL WAS STARTLED AND STEPPED BACK FALLING TO GROUN D AND BROKE RIGHT FOOT.