Big Branch No. 1
Coal
Hindman,
Knott County,
KY
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518754
Big Branch No. 1 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- May 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
6
significant & substantial
$1,152
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Branch No. 1 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.
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Big Branch No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 13 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.
Most recent sample: 2005-09-07.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2005-09-15.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2005-09-07.
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 |
| 2005 Q2 |
22,008 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 |
22,008 |
4 |
1 |
181.8 |
| 2004 Q4 |
22,008 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2005 · 1 incident
May 6, 2005
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
R.E.K. Inc. · Struck against stationary object
Haul truck #2 bed backed into truck #1 at the main back of the bed. Truck driver was out of cab. Contact caused him to fall to the ground. He broke his wrist area of arm.
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