Butcher Branch has $1.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $486K outstanding across 35 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2006–2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
1,083
citations
498
significant & substantial
$1,093,027
proposed penalties
$214,240
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $878,787 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
66
inspections on record
5,626
inspection hours
19.3
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.
1,083 citations across 5,626 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Butcher Branch has $1.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $486K outstanding across 35 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.
$1.1M
proposed penalties
$700K
current assessed
$214K
paid to date
$486K
outstanding
998 assessments are final orders; 35 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Butcher Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.57 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 344 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
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
130
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
200
2
0
10000.0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
720
18
3
25000.0
2011 Q2
1,640
10
5
6097.6
2011 Q1
5,591
24
10
4292.6
2010 Q4
3,107
97
74
31219.8
2010 Q3
1,721
82
42
47646.7
2010 Q2
1,772
84
31
47404.1
2010 Q1
7,389
21
8
2842.1
2009 Q4
11,403
23
9
2017.0
2009 Q3
8,842
41
18
4637.0
2009 Q2
2,684
30
2
11177.3
2009 Q1
31,762
84
31
2644.7
2008 Q4
29,038
48
19
1653.0
2008 Q3
28,764
100
31
3476.6
2008 Q2
26,656
54
23
2025.8
2008 Q1
28,458
31
11
1089.3
2007 Q4
21,697
45
20
2074.0
2007 Q3
22,328
9
4
403.1
2007 Q2
16,207
19
6
1172.3
2007 Q1
33,750
32
19
948.1
2006 Q4
2,883
2
2
693.7
2006 Q3
41,472
95
53
2290.7
2006 Q2
52,515
49
33
933.1
2006 Q1
32,656
83
44
2541.6
2005 Q4
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 17, 2008KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Piece of draw rock fell scraping EE on the face causing a laceration to his lip and also scraping both of his legs causing a laceration to his left leg above the knee. This injury required stitches to his lip and leg.
October 12, 2010KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock fall was found on the date and time stated ni item 6. The fall was at Break 10 in the neutral of #3 belt. No equipment was involved. The fall was 80' Long, 18' Wide and 3 to 7 feet thick.
A rock fall was found at the time and date stated above 13 Breaks inby the Portal between the #2 and 3 Entry (crosscut) during the weekly examination of this area. The size of the fall was 20' Long, 18' Wide, 2-3' Thick.
2009 · 3 incidents
April 16, 2009KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
An unintentional roof fall occurred in the KY Ridge Mains in the #6 entry between Xcut 26 and 27. The fall is approximately 40' long, 20 ' wide and 7-8' height. The fall does not effect the passage of miners or the ventilation system for this area. This area is part of an inactive area of the mine on the intake side and is examined weekly.
January 20, 2009KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valve stem hung up on tire. Tried to pry it off with a slate bar and it came off all at once and the slate bar with all the tire weight fell across the foot.
EE was struck on the left foot by the back end of the bolt machine.
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