Mining Incidents

Honey Branch Mine Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Avawam, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518315

Honey Branch Mine has $945 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
13
citations
7
significant & substantial
$945
proposed penalties
$945
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
7
inspections on record
116
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: 116 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Honey Branch Mine has $945 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$945
proposed penalties
$945
current assessed
$945
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Honey Branch Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 6 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.58
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-10.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 4,142 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,044 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,797 7 2 1029.9
2001 Q1 10,101 6 5 594.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 11, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OUR HIGHWALL MINER. HE STEPPED IN SOME MUD AND CURLED HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE WHEN HE SLIPPED.

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