Bear Branch Refuse Coal
Tahiti Energy, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Jody Dale Puckett
Phelps,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518992
Bear Branch Refuse has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
59
citations
22
significant & substantial
$6,452
proposed penalties
$5,192
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,260 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
73
inspections on record
1,184
inspection hours
5.0
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.59 citations across 1,184 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bear Branch Refuse has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Bear Branch Refuse shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 34 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.0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.29
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-09-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-09-17.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q1 | 3,924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 12,093 | 2 | 0 | 165.4 |
| 2013 Q3 | 13,560 | 22 | 10 | 1622.4 |
| 2013 Q2 | 8,333 | 3 | 3 | 360.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 9,050 | 6 | 1 | 663.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,200 | 1 | 0 | 312.5 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 420 | 1 | 0 | 2381.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 720 | 2 | 0 | 2777.8 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Bear Branch Refuse
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.