Bull Branch Mine has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $441 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Jan 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
193
citations
43
significant & substantial
$32,016
proposed penalties
$31,575
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $441 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
48
inspections on record
3,789
inspection hours
5.1
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.
193 citations across 3,789 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bull Branch Mine has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $441 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$441
outstanding
185 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Bull Branch Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 668 samples.
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.
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
2023 Q4
17,871
26
8
1454.9
2023 Q3
16,662
14
2
840.2
2023 Q2
15,140
10
1
660.5
2023 Q1
15,819
8
2
505.7
2022 Q4
16,216
12
1
740.0
2022 Q3
13,095
7
2
534.6
2022 Q2
9,922
17
2
1713.4
2020 Q2
15,713
18
4
1145.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1
14,957
18
1
1203.4
2019 Q4
16,293
19
9
1166.1
2019 Q3
17,162
8
1
466.1
2019 Q2
16,318
13
5
796.7
2019 Q1
6,585
19
4
2885.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2019 · 1 incident
January 15, 2019KY · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TENNCO INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was helping mechanic put left cylinder back on D6 Dozer when the cylinder hit against the grill on dozer smashing employee's thumb against grill. Went to Clinic, right thumb was broke in (2) places.
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