Mining Incidents

Marion Branch Coal

Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Underground
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Mozelle, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519113

Marion Branch has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,651
proposed penalties
$1,651
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
19
inspections on record
462
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: 462 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Marion Branch has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2011 Q2 2,208 2 0 905.8
2011 Q1 2,208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,208 1 0 452.9
2010 Q2 2,208 1 0 452.9
2010 Q1 2,208 2 0 905.8
2009 Q4 2,208 1 0 452.9
2009 Q3 2,208 1 0 452.9
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 2,208 2 0 905.8
2009 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,112 3 0 1420.5
2008 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,112 1 1 473.5
2008 Q1 2,112 1 0 473.5
2007 Q4 2,112 1 0 473.5

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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