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#1: 16 MSHA citations Coal

T & M Coal Company Llc · Underground
Beaver, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516699

#1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1990–1999
Latest incident
Dec 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,221
proposed penalties
$1,221
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See T & M Coal Company Llc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
189
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 189 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
56.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
56.2%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows 95% of 44 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2000-07-18, 26 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
44
samples
2.12
dust max (mg/m3)
24 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 20 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR21
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR8
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-06-09, 26 years ago
1.1
silica avg (%)
2
samples
1.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-02-01, 26 years ago
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BELT CLEANER2
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Dude Branch Mining Inc 1989 to 1999
  2. T & M Coal Company Llc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2001 13 23,423
2000 16 68,396
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 10,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 13,064 5 4 382.7
2000 Q1 12,999 11 5 846.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1999 · 1 incident

December 23, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
T & M Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING BOLTER DRILL STEEL BIT. STRUCK DRILL STEEL AGAINST BOLTER TO FREE BIT, STRIKING HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND BOLTER BREAKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

1996 · 2 incidents

May 10, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WORKER WAS TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES UP HILL IN MINEWHEN BUGGY GOT LOOSE AND RAN OVER FOOT AND UP BODY. WORKER HAS LOW STOMACHE AND BACK PAIN.

March 8, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER WS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER MACHINE WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKIGN WORKER.

1995 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS OPERATING SCOOP. CAME UNDER LOW ROOF CAUSING HIM TO HIT ROOF AND PUSH HIMSELF DOWN INTO SCOOP.

October 19, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER MACHINE AND CAUGHT HIS SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND POT OF MACHINE.

May 30, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS PUTTING UP A ROOF BOLT AND PLATE. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BOLT AND PLATE.

1993 · 6 incidents

May 18, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS DOING ROUTINE WORK IN MINE WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON BACK.

May 10, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING HIS BLOTER STEEL IN THE ROOF OF MINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CHIPPED OFF STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT ARM.

1992 · 1 incident

May 12, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator ELECTRICAL
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKER WAS PLUGGING IN BATTERIES WHEN THE BATTERY BLEW THE COVER OFF STRIKING HIM ON ARM.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dude Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON SCOOP. HE SWIVELED SCOOP & MASHED HAND.

1990 · 3 incidents