Data / Mines / Kentucky / Kelly Branch
Kelly Branch, Harlan County, Kentucky: 94 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Kelly Branch is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Harlan County, Kentucky, operated by Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc with 34 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519897). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 94 citations and orders there with $30,057 in proposed penalties, and 7 accident reports were filed there, with 7 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1519897
- Status
- Active since June 21, 2021
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Harlan County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Evarts
- Operator
- Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc
- Employees
- 34
- MSHA field office
- Harlan KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 94
- Significant and substantial
- 7 (7.4%)
- Closure orders
- 4
- High negligence or reckless
- 8
- Proposed penalties
- $30,057
- Amount paid so far
- $7,050
- Inspections
- 26
- Inspector hours on site
- 906
- Citations per inspection
- 3.62 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 7
- Injury and illness cases
- 7
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 15, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 21 ($1,603 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | $931 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | $8,794 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | $2,711 | 3 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4 | $14,869 | 1 |
| 2026 | 30 | 0 | $2,752 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Kelly Branch
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 27 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 71.600 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1707 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.505 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1108-1 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Kelly Branch
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 7 |
What the accident reports at Kelly Branch describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 4 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Kelly Branch
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 4 |
| Bulldozer | 2 |
| Trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Harlan County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyree Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 418 |
| Magnum #2 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 398 |
| Panther Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 111 | 378 |
| Putney Darby Mine #1 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 262 |
| Orchard Branch Owl Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 199 |
| Coalgood Darby 1 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 156 |
| Smith #2 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 120 |
| Orchard Branch F Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 105 |
| Cranks Creek | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 36 | 94 |
| Moore Processing | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 79 |
| Cawood #1 | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 32 | 74 |
| Totz Prep Plant | 4TH Gen Fuels | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 74 |
| Catron Mountain | Black Mountain Energy, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 65 |
| Old House Mining #1 | Old House Mining. LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 64 |
| Seagraves Creek H-1 | 4TH Gen Fuels | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 10 | 62 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.