Bear Branch Surface Coal
James River Coal Service Company
· Surface
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
Slemp,
Perry County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519053
Bear Branch Surface has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $563 outstanding across 1 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 2007
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,550
proposed penalties
$3,987
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $563 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
16
inspections on record
524
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: 524 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 Surface has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $563 outstanding across 1 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$563
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-11-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Bear Branch Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 29 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)
0.23
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q1 | 673 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,979 | 8 | 1 | 2685.5 |
| 2011 Q3 | 17,032 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 15,772 | 8 | 3 | 507.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 15,213 | 2 | 0 | 131.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,663 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | 2,589 | 9 | 0 | 3476.2 |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,116 | 1 | 0 | 320.9 |
| 2008 Q4 | 9,414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 5,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 18,637 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 21,653 | 4 | 2 | 184.7 |
| 2007 Q4 | 17,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 16,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 14,993 | 2 | 1 | 133.4 |
| 2007 Q1 | 11,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 Surface
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.