Browns Fork Mine has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $108 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
135
citations
58
significant & substantial
$45,252
proposed penalties
$45,144
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $108 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.
135 citations across 1,401 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Browns Fork Mine has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $108 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$108
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-11.
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 Browns Fork Mine shows 98% of 139 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: 2008-09-09, 17 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
139
samples
1.76
dust max (mg/m3)
114 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 25 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.
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.
Browns Fork Mine recorded 4.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
4.96
total case rate
4.96
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006
4.96
4.96
0.000
2005
6.92
6.92
0.000
2004
7.74
7.74
0.000
2003 *
12.67
10.56
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2008
0
2007
4
34,735
2006
41
1,204,616
2005
43
1,015,675
2004
63
1,052,214
2003
33
744,093
2002
18
366,364
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Browns Fork Mine 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
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
8
2
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
3
1
2007 Q3
1,194
6
4
5025.1
2007 Q2
3,016
3
0
994.7
2007 Q1
5,305
4
1
754.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
28,315
9
5
317.9
2006 Q3
33,341
21
7
629.9
2006 Q2
30,484
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
28,919
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
30,420
1
1
32.9
2005 Q3
27,525
3
1
109.0
2005 Q2
25,515
1
0
39.2
2005 Q1
32,087
4
2
124.7
2004 Q4
45,628
7
4
153.4
2004 Q3
46,562
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
49,560
15
10
302.7
2004 Q1
39,056
2
1
51.2
2003 Q4
46,554
5
2
107.4
2003 Q3
18,427
12
3
651.2
2003 Q2
16,116
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,623
2
1
146.8
2002 Q4
18,759
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
12,583
4
1
317.9
2002 Q2
6,940
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2006 · 3 incidents
October 7, 2006KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
D7R was stuck and employee attempted to help move it when it flipped over several times with him inside causing him injury to his left eye, arm and leg.
August 15, 2006KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE