Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

B & R Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Brian Jones
Beaver, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518039

#1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
26
significant & substantial
$9,781
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,781 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
324
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: 324 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 $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.78 mg/m3 (86% compliant) across 57 samples.

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.
0.78
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.92
dust max (mg/m3)
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-09-20.
Silica (quartz)
4.1
silica avg (%)
6.3
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-09-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-25.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2000 Q4 2,151 1 1 464.9
2000 Q3 12,618 9 7 713.3
2000 Q2 14,671 7 7 477.1
2000 Q1 15,046 11 11 731.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2000 · 5 incidents

September 5, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A JACK FELL FROM THE ROOF BOLTER. WORKER WAS TRYING TO RETURN IT TO THE MACHINE AND DROPPED IT, STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

June 26, 2000 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER HAD FINISHED LOADING HOLES IN #9 HEADING, CRAWLED OUT TURNED PAST BREAK AT MONTH OF ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS LOWER BACK.

June 19, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS PUTTING UP A BOLT WHEN A ROCK FELL STIRKING HIM ON SHOULDER AND ARM.

May 19, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS OPERATING SCOOP CAUGHT A CABLE PULLING IT DOWN STRIKING HIM ON THE EYE.

April 28, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER HAD COMPLETED THE BOLTING CYCLE PULLING BACK WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING WORKER ON BACK AND LEFT FOOT.

1998 · 1 incident

May 27, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & R Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

SHELL ROOF WIHT WATER DUE TO HILL SEAM. INTERSECTION FELL IN ABOVE BOLTS IN #1 ENTRY APPROX 300FT INBY OUT CROP ON THE 001 MMU.

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The full compliance file on #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.