Gooseneck Branch Mine has $110K in proposed MSHA penalties and $80K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1998–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
202
citations
138
significant & substantial
$109,624
proposed penalties
$28,826
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $80,798 gap.
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.
202 citations across 2,021 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gooseneck Branch Mine has $110K in proposed MSHA penalties and $80K outstanding across 4 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.
$110K
proposed penalties
$109K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$80K
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $75K in penalties contested before the Commission, $74K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Gooseneck Branch Mine shows 93% of 189 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2005-07-13, 21 years ago
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
189
samples
3.17
dust max (mg/m3)
97 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 92 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Gooseneck Branch Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.46 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004
1.15
1.15
0.000
2003
7.37
3.69
0.000
2002
5.55
5.55
0.000
2001
4.02
4.02
0.000
2000
4.04
4.04
1.011
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2010
0
2009
0
2008
1
2007
2
2006
0
2005
36
381,069
2004
70
597,441
2003
56
550,259
2002
52
680,944
2001
81
1,109,479
2000
81
1,280,586
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Gooseneck Branch Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
1,664
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,700
2
0
740.7
2007 Q3
1,200
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
0
2
1
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
1
0
2005 Q3
21,230
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
23,454
7
5
298.5
2005 Q1
37,182
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
41,973
4
1
95.3
2004 Q3
46,643
3
3
64.3
2004 Q2
39,727
6
5
151.0
2004 Q1
45,303
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
35,480
4
4
112.7
2003 Q3
30,973
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,606
12
7
1131.4
2003 Q1
31,456
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
31,495
8
5
254.0
2002 Q3
33,241
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
35,979
8
5
222.4
2002 Q1
43,299
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
49,656
15
12
302.1
2001 Q3
51,411
6
4
116.7
2001 Q2
53,068
7
5
131.9
2001 Q1
45,016
1
0
22.2
2000 Q4
51,061
18
14
352.5
2000 Q3
51,225
6
6
117.1
2000 Q2
50,358
18
14
357.4
2000 Q1
45,141
2
2
44.3
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 8, 2000KY · Coalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK, DUMPING INTO HOLLOW FILL #6. HE BACKED TO THE DUMP AND THEN REPOSITIONED TRUCK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.
Reportable incidents
23 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2004 · 1 incident
May 1, 2004KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING ROCK TRUCK TO BEGIN WORK & HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE LADDER, LANIDING ON BOTH FEET 8' BELOW, RESULTING IN PAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE JOINT AREA.
2003 · 4 incidents
November 29, 2003KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DOING MECHANIC WORK AND INADVERTANTLY LEANED AGAINST A "HAND HELD" AIR POWERED GRINDER, ACTIVATING THE SWITCH AND CAUSING THE WHEEL TO CUT HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EE, DRILL OPERATOR, SET THE JACK PAD OF THE DRILL ON A ROCK. THE PAD SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK, JARRING EE. (ON 11-17-03 EE CALLED THE MINE CLERK, & STATED THAT THE OCCURRENCE AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS INJURY.)
May 3, 2003KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERTING AN ENDLOADER. HE WAS LOADNG ROCKTRUCK WITH SHOT ROCK, A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE FACE & STRUCK THE BUCKET. THE JOLT CAUSED A SPRAIN OF THE EE'S NECK
January 4, 2003KY · Coalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS DRIVING AN INTERNATIONAL TOOL TRUCK. HE DROVE THE TRUCK INTO A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. HE WAS TOSSED UPWARD, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CAB ROOF AND RESULTED IN A NECK SPRAIN.
January 20, 2002KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS OPERATING A 235 CAT. EXCAVATOR TO CLEAN A HIGHWALL. HE STATED WHILE OPERATING THE EXCAVATOR HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 1-8-02 AND BEGAN LOSING WORKDAYS ALSO.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. AS THE LOADER WASDUMPING MATERIAL INTO THE TRUCK BED A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE BUCKET AND STRUCK THE BED HARD ENOUGHTO TOSS EE IN THE TRUCK CAB. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL A TTENTION AND BEGAN LOSING WORK ON 8/24/01 DUE TOMUSCLE SPRAIN.
WELDER HAD BEEN USAING AIR ARC AND HAD LAID IT DOWN. HE THEN REMOVED HIS WELDING SHIELD AT WHICHTIME AIR ARC BEGAN TO LEAK, BLOWING METAL INTO LEFT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK IN A PIT THAT HAD AUGER HOES IN IT. HE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK OVER THE HOLES AND STATED THE MOTION OF THE TRUCK CAUSED PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE HAD DISC SURGERY 6 YERS AGO. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK DAYS ON 1-13-01.
November 4, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MECHANINC WAS REMOVING AND INSTALLING A FINAL DRIVE ON D11N BULLDOZER, THE SPROCKET HAD TO BE LIFTED UP AS MECHANIC WAS LIFTING SPROCKET HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA. P OSSIBLE HERNIA.
August 22, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MECHANIC WAS CHANGING TRANSMISSION SCREEN LOCATED UNDER PUMP IN D11 TRACTOR. HAD TO GO THRU FLOOR BOARD OPENING TO GET TO THE TRANSMISSION SCREEN, WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THRU THE OPENING, LOST FO OTING ON OILY HOSE, AND FELL, WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.
July 26, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING RETAINING BOLTS ON A HYDRAULIC PUMP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-31-00 AND BEGAN MISSING WORK.
April 14, 2000KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIG THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS END LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST A HEADLIGHT. HE STRUCK THE LIGHT WITH HIS CHEST CAUSING A BRUISE AND 2 FRACTURED RIBS.
1999 · 3 incidents
November 6, 1999KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER ON A DOWN HILL GRADE. HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST AND LOST CONTROL. HE PUSHED THE DE-CLUTCH PEDAL ACCIDENTALLY ANBD THIS PUT THE LOADER IN NEUTRAL. TO STOPE THE LOADER HE DROVE IT INTO A DITCH. IN DOING SO HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD AND STRUCK HIS LEG AGAINST THE DASHBOARD. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES TO HIS HEAD AND
1998 · 1 incident
August 26, 1998KY · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS