Mining Incidents

Briar Fork Job 30 Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
Busy, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518091

Briar Fork Job 30 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
15
significant & substantial
$2,077
proposed penalties
$2,033
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $44 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
188
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: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Briar Fork Job 30 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$44
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Briar Fork Job 30 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 48 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.
0.37
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.79
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-11-27.
Silica (quartz)
14.6
silica avg (%)
35.6
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-08-04.
Noise
45%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-02-22.
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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 2,466 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,745 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 39,786 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 52,820 15 13 284.0
2000 Q1 49,835 4 2 80.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

November 4, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Leslie Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING IN AN AREA IN PREPARATION TO BE SEEDED. AS HE WAS BACKING HIS DOZER UP, HE BACKED INTO A DITCH, CAUSING A QUICK JERK TO HIS BACK. THE PRELIMINARY REPORT IS A MUSCLE SPRAIN, AND HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THERAPY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFT,THROUGH 11-8-00. THE FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 11-9-00.

August 3, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leslie Resources Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PREPARING TO REMOVE AN ENGINE FROM A D11 DOZER EE WAS PULLING ON CONNECTING LINES ON TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

1999 · 1 incident

March 25, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leslie Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WHILE REMOVING A #2 FUEL INJECTION PUMP CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB ON INTAKE TUBING, RESULTING HIS LEFT THUMB BEING SMASHED AND BRUISED. (THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A FIRST AID CASE.)

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The full compliance file on Briar Fork Job 30

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.