Mining Incidents

No 6 Coal

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stanley W Osborne
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517633

No 6 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1995–2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
86
significant & substantial
$19,285
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,285 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
885
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: 885 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 6 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 6 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (83% compliant) across 187 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.
0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.07
dust max (mg/m3)
83%
within 1.5 mg/m3
187
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-27.
Silica (quartz)
7.2
silica avg (%)
9.8
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-05.
Noise
75%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-24.
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
2001 Q4 3,009 6 4 1994.0
2001 Q3 2,828 10 5 3536.1
2001 Q2 2,872 11 7 3830.1
2001 Q1 4,054 10 6 2466.7
2000 Q4 2,288 16 10 6993.0
2000 Q2 5,582 16 12 2866.4
2000 Q1 5,056 24 19 4746.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2001 · 1 incident

1998 · 6 incidents

April 18, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE WAS PUTTING ROCK DUST IN DUSTER AND WHILE PUSHING DUST DOWN IN. HIS HAND SLIPPEDAND CAUGHT IN AUGER OF DUSTER, CUTTING FINGER.

April 8, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP HAULING BELT STRUCTURE SAID HE HWAS WATCHING BELT STRUCTURE IN BUCKET, WHEN HE GOT HIS HEAD INTO MINE ROOF

March 28, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTER OPERATER WAS INSTALLING BOLT & STRAP WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM BROKE LOOSE PINNING OPERATOR TO GROUND.

February 27, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HIT A ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH HIS HEAD HURTING NECK.

January 26, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A 3 WHEELED PERSONNEL CARRIER, HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON SIDE OF RIBS; MASHING HIS HAND AGAINST POWER CART.

1997 · 10 incidents

November 17, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, WHEN GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MACHINE & ROOF BOLT.

September 30, 1997 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUT BELT BACK TOGETHER THAT BROKE AND WAS PUTTING BELT STANDS IN ALIGNMENT. TOOK HAMMER AND KNOCKED BOTTOM STANDS OVER & MUD & RUST FLEW IN EYE.

September 17, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR AND TAKING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE DUMP AND RAN OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY WHICH THREW HIM OUT OF HIS SEAT AND HE STRUCK HIS RIBS ACROSS BACK OF SEAT.

August 11, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOT KNOWN EMPLOYEE CALLED IN ON 8-11-97 INDICATING HE WAS INJURED ON PREVIOUS SHIFT. IT WAS NOT KNOWN ON WHICH SHIFT OR AT WHAT TIME INJURY OCCURED.

July 19, 1997 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DUSTING WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG OF DUST. WHILE TURNING AROUND HE CLAIMED TO INJURE HIS BACK.

July 7, 1997 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DECK AND LOOSE ROCK LAYING ON RIB.

May 15, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING SHUTTLE CAR TIRE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK INJURY.

1995 · 1 incident

November 8, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Letcher County Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, DRILLING HOLE TO DEPTH OF 4' WHEN STEEL BROKE AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT HAND.

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The full compliance file on No 6

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.