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Friday Br. 1 Coal
Whitesburg Friday Branch Mine LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Leon J Epling
Ermine,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518955
Friday Br. 1 has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $132K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
39
citations
11
significant & substantial
$135,296
proposed penalties
$2,965
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $132,331 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
19
inspections on record
731
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 731 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Friday Br. 1 has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $132K 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.$135K
proposed penalties
$135K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$132K
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Friday Br. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.40 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 37 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.40
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.66
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-07-30.
Silica (quartz)
12.0
silica avg (%)
17.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-10-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-07.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,030 | 3 | 1 | 744.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,457 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,287 | 5 | 0 | 3885.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,920 | 9 | 4 | 4687.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q1 | 3,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,400 | 4 | 2 | 1666.7 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,683 | 1 | 1 | 594.2 |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 4,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 6,200 | 6 | 0 | 967.7 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,228 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,792 | 3 | 0 | 1074.5 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Friday Br. 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.