He was replacing main pumps back in the boxes to take back to the shop, when he slipped and fell from his truck bed and struck the bumper in his back. He was in pain, so had to quit working.
Lick Branch Strip Coal
James River Coal Service Company
· Surface
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
Meta,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519332
Lick Branch Strip has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $211 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2010
- Latest incident
- May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
23
citations
13
significant & substantial
$15,903
proposed penalties
$15,615
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $288 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
9
inspections on record
289
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lick Branch Strip has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $211 outstanding across 1 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.$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$211
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Lick Branch Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 samples.
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.0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-25.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,125 | 3 | 2 | 489.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 10,482 | 5 | 3 | 477.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 10,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 13,692 | 1 | 1 | 73.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 13,125 | 6 | 4 | 457.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 14,358 | 3 | 1 | 208.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 13,982 | 1 | 1 | 71.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q1 | 9,516 | 4 | 1 | 420.3 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2010 · 1 incident
James River Coal Service Company · Fall onto or against objects
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The full compliance file on Lick Branch Strip
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.