Buffalo Valley Resources LLC Metal/Non-Metal
Buffalo Valley Resources LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jeff Kinser; Frank Lusher; Greg Lusher; Mike Kitchen
Olive Hil,
Carter County,
KY
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519849
Buffalo Valley Resources LLC has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $984 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
60
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,678
proposed penalties
$12,694
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $984 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
20
inspections on record
592
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 592 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buffalo Valley Resources LLC has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $984 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$984
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 10,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 10,600 | 8 | 1 | 754.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10,217 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,605 | 4 | 1 | 2492.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 11,853 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 10,750 | 4 | 1 | 372.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,708 | 8 | 1 | 824.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 9,458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 9,310 | 1 | 1 | 107.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,620 | 2 | 0 | 262.5 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 8,089 | 5 | 0 | 618.1 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,623 | 3 | 2 | 533.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 693 | 1 | 0 | 1443.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,809 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,406 | 6 | 0 | 1109.9 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,163 | 6 | 2 | 2773.9 |
| 2020 Q2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 467 | 1 | 0 | 2141.3 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,077 | 1 | 0 | 481.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 963 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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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.