Mining Incidents

Bear Fork Mine Coal

Rose Mining Co. · Surface
Controlled by Lance Rose
Robinson Creek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518637

Bear Fork Mine has $192 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
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$192
proposed penalties
$192
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
7
inspections on record
43
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: 43 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 Fork Mine has $192 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.
$192
proposed penalties
$192
current assessed
$192
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Bear Fork Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.14
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-30.
Noise
100%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-30.
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
2003 Q4 240 3 1 12500.0
2003 Q3 2,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

September 9, 2003 KY · Coal auger helper

VICTIM STATED HE HURT HIS BACK A MONTH AGO. HE ONY WORKED TWO SHIFTS, REPORTED NO ACCIDENT TO MANAGEMENT, DID NOT CALL IN FOR FAILING TO REPORT TO WORK ON THE 3RD DAY.

June 3, 2003 KY · Coal auger helper
Unknown operator · -

Victim fell off the walkway and hit on his left wrist.

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