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.
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Briar Fork Job 30 shows 98% of 48 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-11-27, 25 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
48
samples
1.79
dust max (mg/m3)
24 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 24 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Briar Fork Job 30 recorded 1.29 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
1.29
total case rate
1.29
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2002
0
2001
3
2000
51
781,078
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Briar Fork Job 30 sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
39,786
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
52,820
4
2
75.7
2000 Q1
49,835
3
1
60.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2000 · 2 incidents
November 4, 2000KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
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, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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, 1999KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING 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.)