Mining Incidents

Coal Stone Branch Mine #1 Coal

Jellico Enterprises, LLC · Underground
Barbourville, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519079

Coal Stone Branch Mine #1 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
208
citations
87
significant & substantial
$45,518
proposed penalties
$45,518
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
21
inspections on record
1,281
inspection hours
16.2
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.
208 citations across 1,281 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coal Stone Branch Mine #1 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Coal Stone Branch Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 98 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.82
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
98
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-03.
Silica (quartz)
5.0
silica avg (%)
5.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-07.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2009 Q2 1,004 6 4 5976.1
2009 Q1 1,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,037 49 14 12137.7
2008 Q3 3,769 15 7 3979.8
2008 Q2 3,797 20 8 5267.3
2008 Q1 1,999 47 18 23511.8
2007 Q4 3,253 11 4 3381.5
2007 Q3 3,580 44 22 12290.5
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 1,965 16 10 8142.5

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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The full compliance file on Coal Stone Branch Mine #1

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.