Mining Incidents

Johnson Branch #2 Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Premium, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518191

Johnson Branch #2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $220 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
23
significant & substantial
$10,119
proposed penalties
$9,684
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $435 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
431
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: 431 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Johnson Branch #2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $220 outstanding across 5 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$220
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Johnson Branch #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 36 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-01.
Silica (quartz)
14.5
silica avg (%)
20.7
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-12-27.
Noise
16%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-01.
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 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 4 0
2012 Q1 393 5 1 12722.6
2011 Q4 22,985 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 25,302 12 0 474.3
2011 Q2 23,654 1 0 42.3
2011 Q1 22,018 1 1 45.4
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 23,774 7 1 294.4
2010 Q3 2,626 5 1 1904.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,714 1 0 148.9
2001 Q1 10,272 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 23,033 18 6 781.5
2000 Q3 24,102 14 9 580.9
2000 Q2 26,601 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 29,973 11 4 367.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

August 25, 2011 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was being loaded by a loader when a rock fell from the loader bucket and hit the bed of the truck jarring the employee's back.

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 3 incidents

August 14, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WAS LOADING EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE BUCKET JERKING THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

January 3, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL FROM SHOT STRIKING LOADER CAB BUSTING SIDE GLASS. GLASS CUT EE'S ARM AND EE WAS COMPLAINE OF A SORE NECK.

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The full compliance file on Johnson Branch #2

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