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Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc. operator

Controlled by James L Griffith; Herbert R Hamilton

MSHA operator ID: P22115

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 173
Mines on record: 10
Years on record: 2000–2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

1,328

citations

522

significant & substantial

$304,498

proposed penalties

$199,156

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 23 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 56 non-fatal
MACHINERY 34 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 16 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

7 KY
7-E KY
No 7-D KY
No 7C KY
No 7 KY
Quality 2 KY
No 1 KY
No 5 KY
3C KY
No 3 Mine KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

June 17, 2004 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc · Struck by falling object

A "HORSE BACK" (ROOF FAULT) MEASURING 2' X 14' X 38' DISLODGED FROM THE MINE ROOF PULLING 2 ROOF BOLTS FROM THE LAST FULL ROW OF BOLTS, FALLING ON THE VICTIM WHOSE LOCATION WAS NEAR THE 2ND ROW OF BOLTS, CAUSING CRUSHING BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES BEING SUSTAINED.