Mining Incidents

Day Branch Coal Company Inc: 2 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by Bobby Joe Hensley
MSHA operator ID: P13727

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
28
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1986–1994

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Incident timeline

1994
2 (2f)
1993
5
1992
2
1991
12
1990
1
1989
1
1988
2
1986
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
May 11, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Day Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by concussion

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Day Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by concussion

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT

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