Mining Incidents

Big Branch Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Stoney Fork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518247

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
223
citations
74
significant & substantial
$47,255
proposed penalties
$40,615
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 32,874 3 0 91.3
2015 Q4 28,041 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 29,370 8 0 272.4
2014 Q4 26,567 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 27,305 3 0 109.9
2013 Q4 30,437 2 0 65.7
2013 Q3 28,167 1 0 35.5
2013 Q2 29,776 6 0 201.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2016 · 3 incidents

June 21, 2016 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting dozer when EE stepped off track onto push arm, slipped and sprained left ankle.

May 25, 2016 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping foreman set a pump near a pond when EE twisted their right ankle, went to Mary Breckingridge Hospital ER and they said it was a sprained ankle.

2014 · 1 incident

2013 · 1 incident

July 9, 2013 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing oil on a 993 loader, he was down on left knee, when he raised up his knee popped.

2012 · 4 incidents

November 19, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping change air filter in loader when the wind blew dust in his left eye.

November 9, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped between rocks in spillway when he twisted his right knee area. Employee is just now having surgery on knee (9/30/2014) expected to be off work 4 to 6 weeks.

November 5, 2012 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was getting out of pickup truck when he shut his hand up in the door injuring his right thumb.

October 27, 2012 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee told Foreman that he hurt his back, When asked by the Foreman, did he hurt it at work, the employee stated that he did not hurt it at work and he had turned it in on his health insurance. We later received a letter from a lawyer stating that the employee hurt his back at work.

2006 · 1 incident

March 25, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating a dozer when he got a limb caught between the blade and the nose piece. The operator was trying to remove the limb when the limb slipped catching his hand between the limb and a guard on the back of the blade. The guard made a laceration on the employees hand.

2005 · 1 incident

April 15, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming dozer towards parking lot when he was blinded by the sun. The dozer dropped over a hump, hitting the blade and causing the dozer to stop abruptly. EE hit his head on cab of dozer (11 stitches to forehead.)

2001 · 2 incidents

May 11, 2001 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TOWARDS THE FUEL TANKS WHEN HE LOST CONTROL IN A CURVE WITH LOOSE GRAVELS. THE TRUCK SKIDDED INTO A DITCH INJURING THE EE'S LITTLE FINGER.

2000 · 1 incident

October 5, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING THE MECHANICS TRUCK FROM PETERS KNOB TO ST CREEK WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.