Mining Incidents

Brier Creek Mine Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Bremen, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518495

Brier Creek Mine has $2K 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
2002–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,632
proposed penalties
$1,632
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
24
inspections on record
198
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: 198 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brier Creek Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 605 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,518 14 3 9222.7
2002 Q2 1,452 2 0 1377.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

August 22, 2002 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
KenAmerican Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING WEDGES TO BREAK ONE SID OF FORM. THE FORM BROKE & DROPPED. EE HAD FINGER BETWEEN FORM & CONCRETE, MASHING FINGER.

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