Brookside Loadout has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–2007
Latest incident
Feb 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
352
citations
130
significant & substantial
$50,889
proposed penalties
$44,128
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,761 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.
352 citations across 1,723 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Brookside Loadout has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 11 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
345 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-11-04.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 39%
Stood as issued
11 · 61%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $7K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-08-30.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Brookside Loadout shows 98% of 126 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: 2011-11-04, 14 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
126
samples
1.95
dust max (mg/m3)
119 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER33
BULLDOZER OPERATOR26
TIPPLE OPERATOR22
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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Brookside Loadout recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.04 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
7.43
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
8.01
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
Year
Employees
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
0
2013
0
2012
3
2011
5
2010
6
2009
14
2008
12
2007
12
2006
14
2005
9
2004
8
2003
6
2002
4
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Brookside Loadout sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
21
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q1
291
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,491
1
0
670.7
2011 Q3
2,815
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,487
3
1
860.3
2011 Q1
3,590
5
0
1392.8
2010 Q4
3,137
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,616
5
0
1382.7
2010 Q2
4,543
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,221
6
0
1421.5
2009 Q4
4,689
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
8,561
2
0
233.6
2009 Q2
10,263
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
10,587
5
0
472.3
2008 Q4
9,027
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,406
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,506
2
0
266.5
2008 Q1
6,935
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,547
6
1
795.0
2007 Q3
7,103
4
0
563.1
2007 Q2
6,508
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,683
10
0
1151.7
2006 Q4
9,790
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
9,850
29
13
2944.2
2006 Q2
9,503
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
8,079
52
38
6436.4
2005 Q4
7,612
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,689
7
0
1046.5
2005 Q2
6,435
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,194
7
0
1130.1
2004 Q4
6,102
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,805
10
1
1722.7
2004 Q2
6,058
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,806
14
4
2913.0
2003 Q4
4,148
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,922
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,379
19
5
4338.9
2003 Q1
4,252
16
9
3762.9
2002 Q4
3,132
5
3
1596.4
2002 Q3
3,384
10
3
2955.1
2002 Q2
2,820
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,061
14
4
4573.7
2001 Q4
2,967
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,907
14
10
4816.0
2001 Q2
3,221
2
0
620.9
2001 Q1
15,865
2
1
126.1
2000 Q4
5,549
7
3
1261.5
2000 Q3
4,939
5
5
1012.4
2000 Q2
3,956
4
2
1011.1
2000 Q1
5,158
7
2
1357.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2007 · 1 incident
February 19, 2007KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
At 08:40 am this morning, Employee was found slumped over in a dozer by another employee. He was pronounced dead by the emergency room Doctor from a massive heart attack at the Harlan A R Hospital.
2005 · 1 incident
July 11, 2005KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE NOTIFIED EMPLOYER ON 3/1 OF AN ALLEGED BACK INJURY ON 2/15/01. EE ALLEGES HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING WET COAL FROM UNDER A BELTLINE. AS OF THIS DATE THERE HAS BEEN NO TREATMENT FOR BACK INJURY.
2000 · 1 incident
April 3, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE STEPPED ON SIDE RAIL AND LOST HIS FOOTING. WHEN EMPLOYEE FELL HIS LEG WENT THROUGHT HE RAIL STRIKIGN A PIECE OF ANGLE BRACE CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S LEG.