Mining Incidents

#2 Coal

R & B Enterprises, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Roger Coleman
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518113

#2 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
3
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,458
proposed penalties
$1,458
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
183
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: 183 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#2 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 31 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.18
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-03.
Silica (quartz)
13.9
silica avg (%)
16.2
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-07.
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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 2,959 1 0 338.0
2001 Q4 6,797 10 3 1471.2
2001 Q3 1,475 7 3 4745.8
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R & B Enterprises, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS USING A RED DEVIL TO REPAIR A BELT. HE LOS HIS GRIP AND FELL BACK. HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

1999 · 1 incident

February 10, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Emily Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM ROOF OF THE MINE AS HE WAS BOLTING. THE ROCK HIT HIS HAND AND KNOCKED IT AGAINST THE TOP OF THE MACHINE.

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The full compliance file on #2

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.