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Bear Branch: 9 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Bill Robinson; Ron Pfaff
Glomawr, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518451

Bear Branch 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
2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
9
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,034
proposed penalties
$1,034
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Kay & Kay Contracting LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
4
inspections on record
78
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: 78 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bear Branch 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
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-14.
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.
100.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
77.8%
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 Bear Branch shows 100% of 5 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: 2002-04-17, 24 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
5 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR2
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2002-04-24, 24 years ago
18.2
silica avg (%)
3
samples
24.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kay & Kay Contracting LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 24
2001 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bear Branch sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
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
2002 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,367 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16,964 9 9 530.5
2001 Q4 8,275 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

December 23, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

MINOR DAMAGE TO AHUL TRUCK. EE WAS WAITING TO BE LOADED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRUCK, WHICH OVERTURNED & SLID INTO HIS TRUCK.

December 22, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

SPEED COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. HAUL ROAD WAS FROZEN. EARLY MORNING FROST WAS HEAVY. APPROX 10-$15,000 OF DAMAGE TO OVER TURNED TRUCK.