Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Brem Coal Co LLC · Underground
Controlled by Jimmie Leon Hess
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518578

No 1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Dec 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
112
citations
54
significant & substantial
$9,749
proposed penalties
$2,472
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,277 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
41
inspections on record
1,607
inspection hours
7.0
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.
112 citations across 1,607 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 257 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.
0.59
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.73
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
257
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-12.
Silica (quartz)
4.9
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-04-11.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 5,964 9 6 1509.1
2006 Q1 5,133 4 2 779.3
2005 Q4 4,425 5 3 1129.9
2005 Q3 4,877 1 0 205.0
2005 Q2 981 1 0 1019.4
2005 Q1 0 0 0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 12,067 15 7 1243.1
2004 Q2 23,734 19 7 800.5
2004 Q1 17,095 9 6 526.5
2003 Q4 21,904 6 3 273.9
2003 Q3 16,267 15 6 922.1
2003 Q2 21,050 8 4 380.0
2003 Q1 15,324 11 8 717.8
2002 Q4 16,586 9 2 542.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 3 incidents

December 13, 2005 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Brem Coal Co LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee stated he was turning around in the deck of his shuttle car when continuious miner backed up bumping car and pushing him to back. Stated he bumped his back against roof (height approx. 4 1/2 ft) and did not want ambulance or medical care. Rode out side on 3 wheeler.

December 6, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Brem Coal Co LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE ROADWAYS ON INTAKE WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP.

June 27, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brem Coal Co LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE STRAINED HIMSELF WHILE SHOVELING BELT WITH #4 COAL SHOVEL.

2003 · 1 incident

February 24, 2003 KY · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AS HOOKING METAL CABLE TO A TREE TO PULL THE TREE DOWN A SLOPE AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A LOOSE STRAND OF CABLE, REQUIRING STITCHES.

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The full compliance file on No 1

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.