Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · Fall from machine
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF SERVICE TRUCK, HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY AND HE SLIPPED 7 FELL.
Bear Branch Coal
Kay & Kay Contracting LLC
· Surface
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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
4
inspections on record
78
inspection hours
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: 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
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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.$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.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Bear Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.69 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 samples.
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.0.69
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-17.
Silica (quartz)
18.2
silica avg (%)
24.5
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 file2001 · 3 incidents
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.
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.
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