Mining Incidents

Jesse Branch Loadout Coal

Controlled by John Harris
Kimper, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1506375

Jesse Branch Loadout has $6K 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
7
Years on record
1988–2004
Latest incident
Feb 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
24
significant & substantial
$5,654
proposed penalties
$5,654
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
81
inspections on record
1,004
inspection hours
6.9
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.
69 citations across 1,004 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jesse Branch Loadout has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Jesse Branch Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 58 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.59
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-05-05.
Noise
6%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-06.
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
2012 Q3 1,497 1 0 668.0
2012 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,547 3 0 1939.2
2011 Q4 1,594 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,592 1 0 628.1
2011 Q2 1,522 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 1,649 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,549 2 0 1291.2
2010 Q1 1,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,471 4 0 2719.2
2009 Q3 1,715 3 0 1749.3
2009 Q2 1,826 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,442 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,261 4 0 3172.1
2008 Q3 1,381 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,141 3 0 2629.3
2008 Q1 1,025 1 1 975.6
2007 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 985 3 0 3045.7
2007 Q1 1,579 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,618 3 2 1854.1
2006 Q3 1,975 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,308 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,807 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,399 4 4 2859.2
2005 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,321 4 0 1723.4
2004 Q3 3,497 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 2 1
2004 Q1 454 5 2 11013.2
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,358 2 0 1472.8
2003 Q1 2,634 3 1 1139.0
2002 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 976 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 976 5 4 5123.0
2002 Q1 2,878 4 2 1389.9
2001 Q4 4,085 2 1 489.6
2001 Q3 2,880 4 0 1388.9
2001 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 856 6 6 7009.3
2000 Q1 1,718 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2004 · 1 incident

February 13, 2004 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bevins Branch Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Using a pipe on the coal; slipped catching finger between pipe and edge of metal chute.

1997 · 1 incident

June 4, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-BLACK LUNG CLAIM.

1995 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1995 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman ELECTRICAL
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

CRUSHER WAS FOULED EMPLOYEE AWAY WITH EE WERE CHECKING STARTER BOXES THE RESET SWITCH WAS STRUCK EMPLOYEE TOOK A SCREW DRIVER & TRIED TO PUSH THE RESET THIS CAUSE A FLASH WHICH BURNT THE EMPLO YEE

1994 · 1 incident

October 24, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE A SECITON OF THE BELT DRIVE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND A SECITON OF TH ESAFETY GUARD. THIS CAUSED A CUT ON THE LEFT RING F INGER.

1992 · 1 incident

July 9, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

36539ACT COAL HAULER WAS GOING UP IN THE HOLLOW AT JESSE BRANCH TO GET DIESEL FUEL FOR HIS COAL TRUCK.HE WAS PREPARING TO CROSS THE MAINLINE RAILROAD TRACK WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A CSX L 63646TIVE HIS TRUCK WAS HIT BY THE TRAIN AND TURNED CROSSWAYS ON THE TRACK ABD BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE LOCOMOTIVE AND A LOADED RAILRAOD CAR THAT WAS SITTING ON JESSE BRANCHES SIDING.

1988 · 1 incident

May 2, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jesse Branch Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING UNIVERSAL JOINT IN ENDLOADER. IN WHICH HE WAS FILING OFF A ROUGH SPOT OVERHEAD ON THE DRIVE LINE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ETAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

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The full compliance file on Jesse Branch Loadout

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.