#1: 28 MSHA citations
Coal
Beaver,
Floyd County,
KY
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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
26
significant & substantial
$9,781
proposed penalties
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,781 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
92.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
92.9%
reasonably likely or greater
10.7%
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 86% of 57 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2000-09-20, 25 years ago
30 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 27 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR28
- ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)9
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR8
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-09-27, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR2
Noise
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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: 2000-01-25, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR2
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
- LOADING MACHINE OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
#1 recorded 22.48 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above 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
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B & R Coal Company Inc
1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
27 |
113,881 |
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
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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
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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
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.