Mining Incidents

Bee Tree Surface Coal

Controlled by U S Coal Corporation
Salyersville, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519109

Bee Tree Surface has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
86
citations
39
significant & substantial
$23,959
proposed penalties
$14,207
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,752 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
13
inspections on record
738
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: 738 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bee Tree Surface has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 4 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Bee Tree Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 29 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.
0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.26
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-11.
Silica (quartz)
23.6
silica avg (%)
23.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-13.
Noise
11%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-11.
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
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 1 1
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 21,023 3 1 142.7
2009 Q4 8,588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,529 9 5 1378.5
2009 Q2 21,235 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 12,466 20 6 1604.4
2008 Q4 28,217 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 25,965 10 5 385.1
2008 Q2 29,466 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 28,391 24 12 845.3
2007 Q4 25,736 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 22,827 3 0 131.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 3, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associated Contracting LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Exiting powder truck, there was mud on the stpes, EE slipped on step and twisted left ankle. Wet, nuddy and rain at the time of accident.

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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.