Revelation Energy, LLC. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was cleaning holes in beams using a drill and the drill got caught up and twisted his right middle finger.
Hampton Branch Mine: 281 MSHA citations Coal
Revelation Energy, LLC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Jeffery A Hoops
Grethel,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518980
Hampton Branch Mine has $157K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 2007–2015
- Latest incident
- Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
281
citations
124
significant & substantial
$156,960
proposed penalties
$96,859
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60,101 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
48
inspections on record
2,808
inspection hours
10.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.281 citations across 2,808 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hampton Branch Mine has $157K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 12 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.$157K
proposed penalties
$138K
current assessed
$97K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
277 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $71K in penalties contested before the Commission, $52K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.44.8%
significant & substantial
0.7%
high negligence or reckless
44.8%
reasonably likely or greater
24.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 8.3% low, 90.6% moderate, 0.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
38
citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
- Settled 31 · 82%
- Stood as issued 6 · 16%
- Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 3%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 24 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$71K proposed, $52K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-03-19.
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT 2009-319 | Settlement | Paez | 2010 | $48K → $33K |
| KENT 2008-162 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2008 | $12K → $9K |
| KENT 2016-0166 | Settlement | Steele | 2016 | $3K → $2K |
| KENT 2012-562 | Settlement | Gill | 2013 | $3K → $2K |
| KENT 2008-1343 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2009 | $3K → $2K |
| KENT 2016-0071 | Settlement | Steele | 2016 | $1K → $999 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Hampton Branch Mine shows 96% of 250 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2019-04-18, 7 years ago
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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.96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
250
samples
4.67
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.159 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 91 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR90
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR71
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE34
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2018-09-12, 7 years ago10.6
silica avg (%)
16
samples
31.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR10
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR6
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2019-03-14, 7 years ago
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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.5%
over PEL
73
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR30
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE14
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR12
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.| Year | within 1.5 mg/m3 | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 100% | 7 |
| 2018 | 100% | 4 |
| 2016 | 100% | 4 |
| 2015 | 100% | 44 |
| 2014 | 100% | 13 |
| 2013 | 100% | 21 |
| 2012 | 100% | 15 |
| 2011 | 100% | 20 |
| 2010 | 93% | 14 |
| 2009 | 92% | 59 |
| 2008 | 90% | 31 |
| 2007 | 94% | 18 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year | silica avg (%) | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 9.8 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8.9 | 1 |
| 2013 | 14.6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 2008 | 16.1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 8.3 | 3 |
Noise by year
| Year | over PEL | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0% | 4 |
| 2018 | 0% | 2 |
| 2015 | 7% | 14 |
| 2013 | 0% | 12 |
| 2011 | 0% | 7 |
| 2010 | 0% | 10 |
| 2009 | 27% | 11 |
| 2008 | 0% | 6 |
| 2007 | 0% | 7 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Hampton Branch Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.
Injury rate, 2017
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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 3.79 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2015 * | 8.33 | 5.55 | 0.000 |
| 2013 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2012 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2011 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2010 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2009 | 2.88 | 2.88 | 0.000 |
| 2008 | 2.19 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* 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.
Ownership history
- Miller Bros Coal LLC 2006 to 2010
- Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC 2010 to 2011
- James River Coal Service Company 2011 to 2015
- Revelation Energy, LLC. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 5,295 |
| 2015 | 29 | 347,064 |
| 2014 | 64 | 173,546 |
| 2013 | 67 | 279,945 |
| 2012 | 79 | 388,496 |
| 2011 | 64 | 561,070 |
| 2010 | 47 | 460,727 |
| 2009 | 96 | 708,633 |
| 2008 | 88 | 771,373 |
| 2007 | 49 | 626,161 |
| 2006 | 14 | 65,927 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hampton Branch Mine sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 7,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 4,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,775 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,804 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 22,500 | 5 | 0 | 222.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 25,366 | 9 | 5 | 354.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 16,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 7,807 | 4 | 2 | 512.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 36,969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 39,265 | 4 | 2 | 101.9 |
| 2014 Q1 | 45,896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 39,061 | 3 | 1 | 76.8 |
| 2013 Q3 | 34,255 | 1 | 1 | 29.2 |
| 2013 Q2 | 34,255 | 4 | 3 | 116.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 38,491 | 3 | 1 | 77.9 |
| 2012 Q4 | 37,292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 47,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 49,506 | 5 | 3 | 101.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 52,971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 46,823 | 4 | 0 | 85.4 |
| 2011 Q3 | 52,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 40,182 | 5 | 1 | 124.4 |
| 2011 Q1 | 44,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 36,995 | 9 | 6 | 243.3 |
| 2010 Q3 | 31,262 | 17 | 5 | 543.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 31,539 | 8 | 4 | 253.7 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 40,774 | 11 | 4 | 269.8 |
| 2009 Q3 | 59,391 | 10 | 6 | 168.4 |
| 2009 Q2 | 58,514 | 12 | 0 | 205.1 |
| 2009 Q1 | 49,520 | 9 | 4 | 181.7 |
| 2008 Q4 | 52,986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 48,010 | 3 | 2 | 62.5 |
| 2008 Q2 | 45,469 | 17 | 5 | 373.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 36,240 | 14 | 8 | 386.3 |
| 2007 Q4 | 31,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 31,408 | 13 | 9 | 413.9 |
| 2007 Q2 | 29,534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 25,994 | 15 | 8 | 577.1 |
| 2006 Q4 | 21,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,536 | 4 | 4 | 2604.2 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file2015 · 3 incidents
August 6, 2015
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Revelation Energy, LLC. · Struck against a moving object
While pushing a tractor trailer up a hill the grader kicked out of gear. EE rolled backwards down the hill and hit the ditch and hillside.
Revelation Energy, LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was working on cable from miner to generator. As he was trimming the cable lead, he cut his left hand with a utility knife.
2014 · 1 incident
June 16, 2014
KY · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against stationary object
Employee was driving a water truck and stepped out and twisted his right knee on un-level ground.
2012 · 1 incident
October 16, 2012
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
James River Coal Service Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was turning water valves inside of dozer and caught his right thumb on a pulley causing a laceraion which required stitches.
2011 · 2 incidents
James River Coal Service Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was dragging a fuel hose and the hose got caught on a rock pulling him around and hurting his left shoulder.
April 22, 2011
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James River Coal Service Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was putting seals in a main pump on a drill. He was using a pry bar to pry the pump out of the gear box. The pry bar slipped.
2009 · 3 incidents
October 26, 2009
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object
Employee was cleaning coal with a small loader and the coal in the pit broke causing the small loader to land on its side.
September 28, 2009
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object
Two 777D rock trucks hit each other causing one employee to recieve a laceration to the head requiring 7 staples.
March 7, 2009
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was working on dozer and roller frame block fell causing employee to twist left bicep muscle. Started missing work on 3/10/2009.
2008 · 2 incidents
August 25, 2008
KY · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was working on undercarriage of D-11 dozer, hooked chain and chain slipped and pinched left index finger resulting in 5 stitches.
April 24, 2008
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Repairing a dozer and a hydraulic hose flipped out of socket striking right eye causing laceration to eyelid.
2007 · 1 incident
November 10, 2007
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck by flying object
Hit bolt with hammer & bolt broke hitting him in left eye. He was wearing safety glasses.