Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Brem Coal Co LLC · Underground
Controlled by Jimmie Leon Hess
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517917

No 2 has $257K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
696
citations
241
significant & substantial
$257,074
proposed penalties
$64,920
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $192,154 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
93
inspections on record
4,843
inspection hours
14.4
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.
696 citations across 4,843 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 2 has $257K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180K outstanding across 8 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.
$257K
proposed penalties
$245K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$180K
outstanding
665 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.64 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 396 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.
0.64
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.41
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
396
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-16.
Silica (quartz)
6.7
silica avg (%)
18.2
silica max (%)
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-06-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
50
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-16.
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
2011 Q4 20 14 3 700000.0
2011 Q3 557 37 10 66427.3
2011 Q2 3,402 48 11 14109.3
2011 Q1 4,877 72 14 14763.2
2010 Q4 3,859 17 5 4405.3
2010 Q3 8,197 107 27 13053.6
2010 Q2 6,731 24 4 3565.6
2010 Q1 7,489 44 21 5875.3
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 5,531 21 14 3796.8
2009 Q3 4,887 7 4 1432.4
2009 Q2 5,750 9 5 1565.2
2009 Q1 4,122 15 7 3639.0
2008 Q4 4,136 34 10 8220.5
2008 Q3 5,593 21 11 3754.7
2008 Q2 4,804 7 0 1457.1
2008 Q1 5,138 12 3 2335.5
2007 Q4 4,877 8 0 1640.4
2007 Q3 5,823 5 4 858.7
2007 Q2 5,860 4 0 682.6
2007 Q1 7,210 11 6 1525.7
2006 Q4 5,818 6 1 1031.3
2006 Q3 6,664 11 5 1650.7
2006 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 480 7 2 14583.3
2004 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 1 0
2002 Q3 0 1 0
2002 Q2 9,418 4 3 424.7
2002 Q1 8,695 9 5 1035.1
2001 Q4 6,628 16 5 2414.0
2001 Q3 154 2 0 12987.0
2001 Q2 0 11 4
2001 Q1 6,594 6 2 909.9
2000 Q4 8,702 20 14 2298.3
2000 Q3 9,261 9 7 971.8
2000 Q2 9,313 16 11 1718.0
2000 Q1 9,427 13 5 1379.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 2, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brem Coal Co LLC · Struck by falling object

EE was traveling between #2 and #3 drive to fix a waterline leak. EE lost his hack saw, got off to get it when a piece of slate hit his shoulder. He rode his buggy outside opened two man doors, 911 was called about 9:00 p.m. they arrived about 9:25 EE was taken to the E.R. and released.

2010 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Brem Coal Co LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Grinding piece of metal on belt structure - the grinder kicked back - hit him on forehead - making laceration

July 23, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brem Coal Co LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting belt skirt in place, using slate bar which slipped out of his hand, came back & hit him above right eye on forehead. Went to ER - did not report Wk Comp to hospital or employer.

2009 · 1 incident

August 27, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Brem Coal Co LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bending a 42" roof bolt said he strained right hip.

2008 · 1 incident

December 22, 2008 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Brem Coal Co LLC · Rubbed or abraded

Employee got a blister on his left leg from crawling. It got an infection from that.

2007 · 1 incident

October 22, 2007 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brem Coal Co LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was moving miner cable when he strained himself near right abdomen (including groin area).

2001 · 1 incident

January 26, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
T H W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS OPERATING A 270 TRACTOR THROUGH THE DOORWAY OF THE FANHOUSE TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE WHEN THE GLANCER PLATE CAUGHT THE SIDE OF THE WALL AND THE DOORS COLLAPSED AND FELL ON HIM.

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The full compliance file on No 2

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.