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Mine #16: 14 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Shelbiana, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517966

Mine #16 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
16
Years on record
1997–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
11
significant & substantial
$1,716
proposed penalties
$1,716
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Branham & Baker Underground Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
298
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: 298 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #16 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
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
84.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
84.6%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 92.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #16 shows 99% of 67 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-11-10, 25 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
67
samples
1.89
dust max (mg/m3)
31 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 36 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR35
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)10
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-06-14, 26 years ago
8.4
silica avg (%)
4
samples
13.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-10-04, 25 years ago
15%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)3
  • BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Mine #16 recorded 11.74 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
11.74
total case rate
11.74
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Branham & Baker Underground Corp 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2001 0
2000 28 239,895
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine #16 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 11,703 2 1 170.9
2000 Q3 19,017 4 4 210.3
2000 Q2 19,449 5 3 257.1
2000 Q1 17,945 3 3 167.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2000 · 4 incidents

October 25, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator OTHER
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TOLD SECTION FORMAN BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING ON SECTION TO HURT HIM SELF, WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND TURNED IT IN ON COMP AND DR TOLD HIM IT WAS A MUSCLE SPASM TAKE 2 DAYS OFF AND GO BACK TO WORK??

October 14, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BELT ROPE WITH THE HELP OF SECTION FOREMAN TO LET DOWN FROM BELT HANGERS AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

September 11, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

3 MEN WAS MOVING MINER CABLE & ONE OF THEM SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

June 2, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WENT THROUGH DIP IN BOTTOM AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON STACKER TUBE FOR T BAR CAUSING STACKER TUBE TO STICK TOGETHER. OPERATOR GOT HOLD OF END OF T BAR TO SHAKE IT AND PLATE ON END OF T BAR MASHED INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

1999 · 3 incidents

October 26, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck against stationary object

ROCK DUSTING IN TAKE AND GOT TO PORTAL LETTING DUSTER EMPTY UP DUST WAS PAMP, LIFTED SCREEN AND USE HAND TO PUSH DUST DOWN HOPPER AND RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER HIT AUGER. CUTTING SIDE OF FINGER.

March 8, 1999 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT TIME. MINER CABLE WAS ALREADY HUNG AND ONE LOOP CAME LOOSE AND EE, MINER HELPER WAS HELPING HANG BACK ONE LOOP AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

February 19, 1999 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING BELT LINE AND OVER REACHED AND THINK HE PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.

1998 · 8 incidents

August 19, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Accident type, without injuries

60' INBY SPAD #490 A FALL OCCURED FROM #3 RIGHT INBETWEEN BLOCK ABOUT 15' FROM THERE OVER TO #6 RIGHT ABOUT 10' INBETWEEN BLOCKS ABOUT 10"-11" HEIGHT, CRIB OFF ALL ENTRIES FROM 7 TO #1 & DANGE RED OFF THIS HAPPENED IN LAST OPEN CROSS CUT FACE.

July 18, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by falling object

SETTING BITS IN MINER PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRICKING RIGHT HAND BRUISE IT.

1997 · 1 incident

December 20, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF DRILL OPERATOR WAS DRILLING TOP, WHILE LOWERING HIS HAND DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, INJURY FINGER.