Orchard Branch F Mine Coal
Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd
Cumberland,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519947
Orchard Branch F Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
103
citations
28
significant & substantial
$26,194
proposed penalties
$8,892
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
35
inspections on record
2,079
inspection hours
5.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.103 citations across 2,079 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Orchard Branch F Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Orchard Branch F Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 318 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.62
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
318
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-14.
Silica (quartz)
4.2
silica avg (%)
6.8
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-02-13.
Noise
6%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 16,075 | 10 | 2 | 622.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,640 | 3 | 1 | 282.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10,418 | 15 | 3 | 1439.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 12,230 | 13 | 4 | 1063.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,766 | 20 | 8 | 2047.9 |
| 2024 Q2 | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 1,578 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,020 | 1 | 0 | 980.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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The full compliance file on Orchard Branch F Mine
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.